Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1998, 11:28 PM EDT for Pocahontas County, West Virginia. It was in force for 32 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 26, 1998, 11:28 PM EDT (03:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1998, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pocahontas County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 11:45 PM EDT | Hail 1.25 | Bartow, WV |
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 nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1400 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
225 WUUS1 KCRW 270329 RRA SVRCRW WVC075-270400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1128 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA. * UNTIL 1200 AM EDT. * AT 1126 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO POCAHONTAS COUNTY. MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... SLATYFORK AROUND 1130 PM EDT. MACE AROUND 1135 PM EDT. CASS AROUND 1145 PM EDT. DURBIN AROUND 1145 PM EDT. MARLINTON AROUND 1155 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
Local storm report, Jun 26, 6:14 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0614 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0612 PM NEW MATAMORAS OH 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 WASHINGTON EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0557 PM AND 0612 PMLocal storm report, Jun 26, 6:33 PM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0633 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0616 PM FRIENDLY WV 1.50 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 TYLER EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0601 PM AND 0616 PMLocal storm report, Jun 26, 7:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
735 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0712 PM MINERAL OH WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 ATHENS TREES DOWN. ONE TREE BLOWN
ACROSS STATE RTE 56 NORTH
OF MINERAL.Local storm report, Jun 26, 10:50 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1050 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1102 PM BUCKHANNON WV PEA SIZE HAIL
06/26/98 UPSHUR EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
1047 PM AND 1102 PM
1123 PM LOWER SALEM OH FLOODING
06/26/98 WASHINGTON STREAMS OVER ROADS OR
IN BUILDINGS.
EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
1108 PM AND 1123 PMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 9:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Tyler | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 10:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Ritchie | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 10:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gilmer, Lewis | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 10:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Upshur | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 10:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 10:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Randolph | 51 min |
| Jun 26, 11:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Webster | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 11:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 12:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Ritchie | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 1:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 1:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gilmer | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 10:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Tyler | 36 min |
| Jun 27, 10:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 10:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 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.