Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1998, 8:08 PM EDT for Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 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
- Jun 27, 1998, 8:08 PM EDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1998, 8:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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, 8:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Marietta, OH | An estimated wind gust of 60 mph knocked down trees. |
| Jun 27, 8:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Marietta, OH | Numerous large trees were blown down by strong wind gusts. The wind was associated with a bow echo configuration to the thunderstorms. Wind gusts of around 70 mph likely occurred. Several homes and businesses were hit by fallen trees. Residents described t |
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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 2378 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1345 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 11.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 280008 RRA SVRCRW OHC167-280055- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 808 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WASHINGTON COUNTY OH IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO. * UNTIL 855 PM EDT. * AT 806 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES NORTH OF MARIETTA OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WARNER MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... LOWELL AROUND 815 PM EDT. WARNER AROUND 815 PM EDT. LOWER SALEM AROUND 815 PM EDT. WHIPPLE AROUND 815 PM EDT. DEVOLA AROUND 820 PM EDT. MARIETTA AROUND 825 PM EDT. <<CALL TO ACTION>>DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! PLEASE REPORT A NY 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 48 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 48 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
Local storm report, Jun 27, 8:02 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0802 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0801 PM NEW LEXINGTON OH WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 PERRY TREES DOWN.
EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0746 PM AND 0801 PMLocal storm report, Jun 27, 8:04 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
IN NEW LEXINGTON OH, BETWEEN 7:46 PM AND 8:01 PM, THE WIND WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN TREES. b
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 11:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 12:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 33 min |
| Jun 28, 2:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 2:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Morgan, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 4:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Perry | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens | 100 min |
| Jun 28, 5:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Meigs | 69 min |
| Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Meigs | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Perry | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Meigs | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Perry | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 7:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Washington | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Meigs, Perry, Washington | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Meigs, Washington | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Perry | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Washington | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Perry | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Meigs | 5 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.