Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1998, 7:57 PM EDT for Morgan County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 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, 7:57 PM EDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1998, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morgan County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta, 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 27, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 2641 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 893 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
641 WUUS1 KCRW 272358 RRA SVRCRW OHC115-280045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 757 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO. * UNTIL 845 PM EDT. * AT 754 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTH OF MCCONNELSVILLE OR 5 MILES NORTH OF EAGLEPORT MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... EAGLEPORT AROUND 800 PM EDT. MCCONNELSVILLE AROUND 805 PM EDT. BRISTOL AROUND 805 PM EDT. RINGGOLD AROUND 805 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/PCZ
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 27, 6:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
WVZ009>011-019-020-030>032-040-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>085-280030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 620 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 10 PM... VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTH WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO DURING THE LAST TWO HOURS. THE STORMS WERE DROPPING SOUTHEAST AND ARE EXPECTED TO REACH TYLER AND PLEASANT COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA...AND PERHAPS EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY OHIO...BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION VERY CLOSELY AND WILL ISSUE WARNINGS IF THEY MAINTAIN THEIR PRESENT STRENGTH. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THIS AREA UNTIL 4 AM SUNDAY MORNING. .END/ZINN
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
WVZ009>011-019-020-030>032-040-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>085-280030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 620 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 10 PM... VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTH WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO DURING THE LAST TWO HOURS. THE STORMS WERE DROPPING SOUTHEAST AND ARE EXPECTED TO REACH TYLER AND PLEASANT COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA...AND PERHAPS EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY OHIO...BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION VERY CLOSELY AND WILL ISSUE WARNINGS IF THEY MAINTAIN THEIR PRESENT STRENGTH. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THIS AREA UNTIL 4 AM SUNDAY MORNING. .END/ZINN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 9:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 11:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Perry | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 12:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Perry | 66 min |
| Jun 27, 4:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Morgan | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 6:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 10:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Perry | 62 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.