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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV

January 8, 1998Boyd County, Carter County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 8, 1998, 9:30 PM EST for Boyd County, Carter County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 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
Jan 8, 1998, 9:30 PM EST (02:30 UTC)
Expired
Jan 8, 1998, 10:00 PM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 8, 9:40 PM ESTHail 1Willard, KY
Jan 8, 9:40 PM ESTHail 1.75Catlettsburg, KYA few vehicles, plus awning on homes, were dented.

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 00:00Z on 1998-01-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1998-01-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
672 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

695 
WUUS1 KCRW 090233 RRA
SVRCRW
KYC019-043-090300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
930 PM EST THU JAN 8 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN EAST KENTUCKY
 
   ...BOYD COUNTY...EASTERN CARTER COUNTY
 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS AFFECTING WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY WILL
MOVE INTO EASTERN CARTER COUNTY AND WESTERN BOYD COUNTY AFTER 9:30 PM.
THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL...BUT BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND A
HEAVY DOWNPOUR IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
 
COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM IN CARTER COUNTY ARE GRAYSON...
GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK...STINSON AND WILLIAMS VREEK. IN BOYD COUNTY
MAYHEW...CANNONSBURG AND ASHLAND.
 
<< CALL TO ACTION >> SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND
IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN.FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS
QUICKLY SO DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 9:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence41 min

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.