Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

Jun 27, 1998, 9:57 PM EDT (01:57 UTC)

Expired

Jun 27, 1998, 10:30 PM EDT

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Area

Whole counties

Counties Pocahontas County, WV, Randolph County, WV

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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WUUS1 KCRW 280158 RRA
SVRCRW
WVC075-083-280230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT.

* AT 958 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 29 MILES NORTH OF MARLINTON OR IN THE
  VICINITY OF ADOLPH MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   HUTTONSVILLE         AROUND 1005 PM EDT.
   ELKWATER             AROUND 1010 PM EDT.
   MONTERVILLE          AROUND 1010 PM EDT.
   VALLEY HEAD          AROUND 1015 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/PCZ

In the hours 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 PM

IN NEW LEXINGTON             OH, BETWEEN  7:46 PM AND  8:01 PM,
THE WIND WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN TREES.
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
835 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0830 PM    MARIETTA                  OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   WASHINGTON                     TREES DOWN.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
835 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0830 PM    MARIETTA                  OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   WASHINGTON                     TREES DOWN.

IN MARIETTA                  OH, BETWEEN  8:19 PM AND  8:34 PM,
THE WIND WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN TREES.
b

IN DAVISVILLE                WV, BETWEEN  8:31 PM AND  8:46 PM,
THE WIND WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN TREES.
b

aT_ENGCRWLSRNWR98062801529l806280152        115AD   WVC105c9806280252
IN ELIZABETH                 WV, BETWEEN  8:45 PM AND  9:00 PM,
HAIL THE SIZE OF MARBLES WAS REPORTED.
b

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.