Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1998, 1:51 PM EDT for Gallia County, Jackson County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 min. 2 reports 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, 1:51 PM EDT (17:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1998, 2:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Rio Grande, OH | Several trees were blown down. |
| Jun 16, 2:30 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Oak Hill, OH |
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 16, 12:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
655 WUUS1 KCRW 161749 RRA SVRCRW OHC053-079-161855- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 151 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO. JACKSON COUNTY OH IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO. * UNTIL 255 PM EDT. * AT 150 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EWINGTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... KYGER AROUND 205 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/RPY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Meigs | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 2:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Meigs | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 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.