Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Charleston, WV

June 15, 1998McDowell County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1998, 4:06 PM EDT for McDowell County, West Virginia. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 15, 1998, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 1998, 4:55 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

County McDowell County, WV

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 15, 4:20 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Caretta, WV	Fallen trees blocked Route 16.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 15, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

678 
WUUS1 KCRW 152005 RRA
SVRCRW
WVC047-152055-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
406 PM EDT MON JUN 15 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MCDOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

* UNTIL 455 PM EDT.

* AT 402 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF WELCH OR 5 MILES WEST OF
  SKYGUSTY MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   ANAWALT              AROUND 405 PM EDT.
   KEYSTONE             AROUND 405 PM EDT.
   POWHATAN             AROUND 405 PM EDT.
   ELKHORN              AROUND 405 PM EDT.
   MAYBEURY             AROUND 410 PM EDT.

<<CALL TO ACTION>>DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY.  GO
INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

PLEASE REPORT ANY HAIL OR STRONG WINDS BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT
877-633-6772.

.END/SIKORA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 15, 10:55 AM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0345 AM EST MON JUN 15 1998

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1143 PM    KENOVA                    WV   PEA SIZE HAIL
06/14/98   WAYNE                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          1128 PM  AND  1143 PM

1136 PM    PORTSMOUTH                OH   FLOODING
06/14/98   SCIOTO                         STREAMS OVER ROADS OR
                                          IN BUILDINGS.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          1121 PM  AND  1136 PM

0253 PM    CHARLESTON                WV   TORNADO
06/15/98   KANAWHA                        EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0238 PM  AND  0253 PM

Local storm report, Jun 15, 11:00 AM EDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1100 AM EST MON JUN 15 1998

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TFIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

PREVIOUS REPORT SENT IN ERROR.

TEST....TEST...TEST...TEST.

NO TORNADOES REPORTED OR SITED.

TEST....TEST....TEST

END/

Local storm report, Jun 15, 12:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1100 AM EST MON JUN 15 1998

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

PREVIOUS REPORT SENT IN ERROR.

TEST....TEST...TEST...TEST.

NO TORNADOES REPORTED OR SITED.

TEST....TEST....TEST

END/

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 11:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	60 min
Jun 15, 12:16 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	5 hr
Jun 15, 12:43 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell	5 hr
Jun 15, 1:28 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Kanawha	4 hr
Jun 15, 1:36 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Lincoln	4 hr
Jun 15, 1:40 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Putnam	3 hr
Jun 15, 1:53 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone	4 hr
Jun 15, 1:53 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Fayette	4 hr
Jun 15, 2:27 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Clay, Nicholas	5 hr
Jun 15, 3:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Harrison, Taylor	3 hr
Jun 15, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	62 min
Jun 15, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone	47 min
Jun 15, 4:53 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson	2 hr
Jun 15, 5:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Roane	2 hr
Jun 15, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton	33 min
Jun 15, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton	38 min
Jun 15, 6:07 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	3 hr
Jun 15, 6:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Taylor	3 hr
Jun 15, 6:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Gilmer	3 hr
Jun 15, 7:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson	3 hr
Jun 15, 7:11 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Harrison	3 hr
Jun 15, 7:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Clay	3 hr
Jun 15, 7:50 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Upshur, Webster	2 hr
Jun 15, 7:50 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Braxton	2 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.