Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Charleston, WV

June 16, 1998Carter County, Greenup County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1998, 1:13 PM EDT for Carter County, Greenup County, Kentucky. It was in force for 67 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 16, 1998, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1998, 2:20 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 1:20 PM EDTHail 0.88Carter, KY

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 16, 12:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 131 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1998-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 353 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1998-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
353 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 161711 RRA
SVRCRW
KYC043-089-161815-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
113 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CARTER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.
  GREENUP COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.

* UNTIL 220 PM EDT.

* AT 109 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN CARTER COUNTY.  THIS STORM WAS
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   CARTER               AROUND 120 PM EDT.

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

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

.END/MJS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.