Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1998, 4:21 PM EDT for Dickenson County, Virginia. It was in force for 34 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 24, 1998, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1998, 4:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dickenson County, VA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 4:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, VA | An estimated gust of 60 mph occurred at Clintwood. Fallen trees caused numerous power outages. |
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 24, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 326 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1072 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 242021 RRA SVRCRW VAC051-242055- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 421 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DICKENSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. * UNTIL 455 PM EDT. * AT 418 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF CLINTWOOD OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAYSI MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... CLINTWOOD AROUND 425 PM EDT. FREMONT AROUND 440 PM EDT. CLINCHCO AROUND 440 PM EDT. HAYSI AROUND 445 PM EDT. <<CALL TO ACTION>>DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN 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
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:53 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
VAZ003-004-242100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 353 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1998 THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL WILL MOVE THROUGH BUCHANAN AND DICKENSON COUNTIES BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM. IF ANY LOCALIZED STORM STRENGTHENS...A WARNING COULD BE ISSUED. THE WHOLE REGION IN UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THE COULD BE A LOT OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. .END / KTB
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:53 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
VAZ003-004-242100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 353 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1998 THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL WILL MOVE THROUGH BUCHANAN AND DICKENSON COUNTIES BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM. IF ANY LOCALIZED STORM STRENGTHENS...A WARNING COULD BE ISSUED. THE WHOLE REGION IN UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THE COULD BE A LOT OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. .END / KTB
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.