Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 200, NWS Charleston, WV

June 27, 1998Braxton County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1998, 1:23 AM EDT for Braxton County, West Virginia. It was in force for 37 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 27, 1998, 1:23 AM EDT (05:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1998, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Braxton County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 1:42 AM EDTThunderstorm WindTesla, 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1998-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1124 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1998-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1194 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

701 
WUUS1 KCRW 270524 RRA
SVRCRW
WVC007-270600-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
123 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

* UNTIL 200 AM EDT.

* AT 123 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF SUTTON OR IN THE
  VICINITY OF ROSEDALE MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   CHAPEL               AROUND 130 AM EDT.
   WILSIE               AROUND 135 AM EDT.
   HEATERS              AROUND 135 AM EDT.
   ELMIRA               AROUND 135 AM EDT.
   FLATWOODS            AROUND 140 AM EDT.
   SUTTON               AROUND 145 AM 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/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, 7:35 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 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, 2 hours 33 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 PM
Local storm report, Jun 27, 12:43 AM EDT, 40 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 PM
Local storm report, Jun 27, 12:44 AM EDT, 39 minutes before
aT_ENGCRWLSRNWR98062703039806270303        110AD   WVC097c9806270333
IN BUCKHANNON                WV, BETWEEN 10:47 PM AND 11:02 PM,
PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.
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aT_ENGCRWLSRNWR98062703259806270325        111AD   OHC167c9806270455
IN LOWER SALEM               OH, BETWEEN 11:08 PM AND 11:23 PM,
FLOODING WAS REPORTED. THIS INCLUDED WATER OVER THE ROAD OR IN BUILDINGS.
b

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 9:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXHarrison63 min
Jun 26, 9:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXTyler47 min
Jun 26, 9:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants36 min
Jun 26, 10:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge, Ritchie34 min
Jun 26, 10:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWood35 min
Jun 26, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGilmer, Lewis34 min
Jun 26, 10:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXUpshur32 min
Jun 26, 10:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton36 min
Jun 26, 10:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour, Randolph51 min
Jun 26, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWebster33 min
Jun 26, 11:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas32 min
Jun 26, 11:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRitchie35 min
Jun 27, 12:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRitchie3 hr
Jun 27, 12:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun, Gilmer48 min
Jun 27, 1:32 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGilmer3 hr
Jun 27, 10:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXTyler36 min
Jun 27, 10:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants35 min
Jun 27, 10:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge, Harrison50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.