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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 226, NWS Charleston, WV

June 28, 1998Braxton County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1998, 4:35 AM EDT for Braxton County, West Virginia. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1998, 4:35 AM EDT (08:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1998, 5:10 AM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Braxton County, WV

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 28, 2:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
247 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998

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

0220 AM    FRIENDLY                  WV   FLOODING
06/28/98   TYLER                          SMALL STREAMS FEEDING
                                          MIDDLE ISLAND CREEK
                                          BETWEEN FRIENDLY AND
                                          MIDDLEBOURNE WERE
                                          FLOODING.  A FEW
                                          VOLUNTEER/PRECAUTIONARY
                                          EVACUATIONS REPORTED.
Local storm report, Jun 28, 3:52 AM EDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
352 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998

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

0855 PM    CAIRO                     WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   RITCHIE                        TREES DOWN IN THE CAIRO TO
                                          PULLMAN REGION.  POWER AND
                                          PHONES OUT IN MUCH OF THE
                                          COUNTY.

0330 AM    WEST UNION                WV   FLOODING
06/28/98   DODDRIDGE                      MIDDLE ISLAND CREEK
                                          OVERFLOWING.  NO DWELLINGS
                                          AFFECTED YET.

0330 AM    CENTER PT                 WV   FLOODING
06/28/98   DODDRIDGE                      MCELROY CREEK OVERFLOWING
Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:10 AM EDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0410 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

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

0352 AM    WALKER                    WV   FLOODING
06/28/98   WOOD                           STREAMS OVER ROADS OR
                                          IN BUILDINGS.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0337 AM  AND  0352 AM
Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:10 AM EDT, 25 minutes before
IN WALKER                    WV, BETWEEN  3:37 AM AND  3:52 AM,
FLOODING WAS REPORTED. THIS INCLUDED WATER OVER THE ROAD OR IN BUILDINGS.
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Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:10 AM EDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0410 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

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

0352 AM    WALKER                    WV   FLOODING
06/28/98   WOOD                           STREAMS OVER ROADS OR
                                          IN BUILDINGS.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0337 AM  AND  0352 AM
Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:33 AM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
433 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998

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

0300 AM                              WV   FLOODING
06/28/98   TYLER                          NUMEROUS STREAMS
                                          OVERFLOWED IN COUNTY.
                                          EVACUATIONS ALONG WILLOW
                                          FORK EAST OF SISTERSVILLE.
                                          MORE EVACUATIONS LIKELY.

0400 AM                              WV   FLOODING
06/28/98   WOOD                           STILLWELL AND WALKER
                                          CREEKS CAUSING EVACUATIONS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants, Wood35 min
Jun 27, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXTyler34 min
Jun 27, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRitchie, Wirt33 min
Jun 27, 8:55 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXTyler35 min
Jun 27, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun, Gilmer48 min
Jun 27, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Roane48 min
Jun 27, 9:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge50 min
Jun 27, 9:17 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXDoddridge18 min
Jun 27, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXHarrison, Lewis50 min
Jun 27, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton50 min
Jun 27, 9:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay36 min
Jun 27, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXNicholas, Webster48 min
Jun 27, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXUpshur48 min
Jun 27, 9:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour, Taylor32 min
Jun 27, 9:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph33 min
Jun 27, 11:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXTyler3 hr
Jun 28, 12:57 AM EDTTornado WarningRLXWirt33 min
Jun 28, 1:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants, Ritchie3 hr
Jun 28, 1:13 AM EDTTornado WarningRLXRoane32 min
Jun 28, 2:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWood31 min
Jun 28, 2:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Ritchie, Tyler4 hr
Jun 28, 2:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants4 hr
Jun 28, 3:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWood4 hr
Jun 28, 3:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWirt3 hr
Jun 28, 4:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCalhoun3 hr
Jun 28, 4:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Roane35 min
Jun 28, 4:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXHarrison, Lewis2 hr
Jun 28, 4:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGilmer2 hr
Jun 28, 4:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXNicholas, Webster41 min
Jun 28, 6:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson5 hr
Jun 28, 6:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXClay, Kanawha, Roane5 hr
Jun 28, 6:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Tyler5 hr
Jun 28, 6:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants5 hr
Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWood4 hr
Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWood4 hr
Jun 28, 7:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXNicholas3 hr
Jun 28, 7:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXNicholas3 hr
Jun 28, 8:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWirt3 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWood5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Roane, Wirt5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXClay, Kanawha5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants, Tyler5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Tyler5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXClay, Jackson, Kanawha, Roane, Wirt5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants, Wood5 hr
Jun 28, 5:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants, Wood5 hr
Jun 28, 5:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Kanawha5 hr
Jun 28, 6:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRoane3 hr
Jun 27, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWashington47 min
Jun 27, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens34 min
Jun 28, 12:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWashington33 min
Jun 28, 2:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWashington31 min
Jun 28, 4:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPerry2 hr
Jun 28, 5:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens100 min
Jun 28, 5:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMeigs69 min
Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPerry4 hr
Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPerry4 hr
Jun 28, 7:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWashington4 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPerry5 hr
Jun 28, 5:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPerry5 hr

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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.