Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Charleston, WV

June 15, 1998Braxton County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1998, 5:22 PM EDT for Braxton County, West Virginia. It was in force for 33 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, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1998, 5:55 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Braxton County, WV

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 5:35 PM EDTThunderstorm WindGassaway, WVTrees were blown across Route 14.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 15, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1998-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1998-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 12:00 PM EDT, 5 hours 22 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/
Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0804 PM 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....

0402 PM    POINT PLEASANT            WV   .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   MASON                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0347 PM  AND  0402 PM

0350 PM    POINT PLEASANT            WV   .50 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   MASON                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0335 PM  AND  0350 PM

0409 PM    POINT PLEASANT            WV   .50 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   MASON                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0354 PM  AND  0409 PM
Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:52 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
452 PM EDT MON JUN 15 1998

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

0220 PM    CARETTA                   WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   MCDOWELL                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON US
                                          RT 16 NEAR THE TOWN OF
                                          CARETTA

0338 PM    GALLIPOLIS                OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   GALLIA                         THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL
                                          REPORTED 1 MULE NORTH OF
                                          GALLIPOLIS OHIO

0345 PM    FLATROCK                  WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   MASON                          POSTAL CARRIERS REPORT
                                          NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN
                                          ALONG RT2 AND PLANE VALLEY
                                          ROAD NEAR FLATROCK WV

0345 PM    LETART                    WV   .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   MASON                          THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL
                                          REPORTED AT POST OFFICE IN
                                          LETART WV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 11:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWayne60 min
Jun 15, 12:16 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMason5 hr
Jun 15, 12:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCabell5 hr
Jun 15, 1:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXKanawha4 hr
Jun 15, 1:36 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLincoln4 hr
Jun 15, 1:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPutnam3 hr
Jun 15, 1:53 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoone4 hr
Jun 15, 1:53 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXFayette4 hr
Jun 15, 2:27 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXClay, Nicholas5 hr
Jun 15, 3:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXHarrison, Taylor3 hr
Jun 15, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMason62 min
Jun 15, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell49 min
Jun 15, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone47 min
Jun 15, 4:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson2 hr
Jun 15, 5:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRoane2 hr
Jun 15, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton38 min
Jun 15, 6:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMason3 hr
Jun 15, 6:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXTaylor3 hr
Jun 15, 6:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCalhoun, Gilmer3 hr
Jun 15, 7:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson3 hr
Jun 15, 7:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXHarrison3 hr
Jun 15, 7:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXClay3 hr
Jun 15, 7:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXUpshur, Webster2 hr
Jun 15, 7:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBraxton2 hr
Jun 14, 11:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLawrence5 hr
Jun 14, 11:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia, Lawrence5 hr
Jun 15, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia33 min
Jun 15, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia38 min
Jun 15, 6:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia2 hr
Jun 14, 10:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence49 min
Jun 15, 12:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCarter5 hr
Jun 15, 12:16 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoyd5 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.