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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Charleston, WV

June 28, 1998Doddridge County, Ritchie County, Tyler County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1998, 9:13 PM EDT for Doddridge County, Ritchie County, Tyler County, West Virginia. It was in force for 62 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 28, 1998, 9:13 PM EDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1998, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Doddridge County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Tyler County, WV

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 28, 9:24 PM EDTThunderstorm WindSistersville, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 28, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 1998-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2035 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 1998-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2035 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

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

562 
WUUS1 KCRW 290114 RRA
SVRCRW
WVC017-085-095-290215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
913 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
  RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
  TYLER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT.

* AT 912 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF MIDDLEBOURNE OR IN THE
  VICINITY OF PENNSBORO MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   PENNSBORO            AROUND 912 PM EDT.
   MOUNTAIN             AROUND 912 PM EDT.
   MIDDLEBOURNE         AROUND 912 PM EDT.
   JOSEPHS MILLS        AROUND 915 PM EDT.
   TOLL GATE            AROUND 920 PM EDT.
   GREENWOOD            AROUND 920 PM EDT.
   WEST UNION           AROUND 935 PM EDT.

<<CALL TO ACTION>>THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM  STAY INDOORS AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

PLEASE REPORT ANY HAIL OR STRONG WINDS BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT
877-633-6772.

.END/NMB/LDW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 8:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRoane64 min
Jun 28, 8:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXTyler4 hr
Jun 28, 9:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants, Wood64 min
Jun 28, 9:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Ritchie4 hr
Jun 28, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGilmer, Lewis62 min
Jun 28, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun, Wirt62 min
Jun 28, 10:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Pleasants, Wirt, Wood4 hr
Jun 28, 10:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXKanawha, Roane4 hr
Jun 28, 10:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGilmer, Harrison, Lewis4 hr
Jun 28, 10:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCalhoun4 hr
Jun 28, 10:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Kanawha48 min
Jun 28, 10:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton66 min
Jun 28, 10:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRoane48 min
Jun 28, 10:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXClay4 hr
Jun 28, 11:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXUpshur, Webster64 min
Jun 28, 11:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Kanawha, Nicholas64 min
Jun 28, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette63 min
Jun 28, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph63 min
Jun 28, 11:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXUpshur4 hr
Jun 28, 11:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBraxton, Webster4 hr
Jun 28, 11:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone62 min
Jun 29, 12:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRaleigh78 min
Jun 29, 12:19 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph4 hr
Jun 29, 12:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXTyler6 hr
Jun 29, 1:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson48 min
Jun 29, 1:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMason46 min
Jun 29, 1:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge6 hr
Jun 29, 1:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants6 hr
Jun 29, 2:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Kanawha, Roane5 hr
Jun 29, 2:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell, Putnam64 min
Jun 29, 2:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha64 min
Jun 29, 3:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWebster5 hr
Jun 29, 6:24 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPutnam4 hr
Jun 29, 6:24 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPutnam4 hr
Jun 29, 6:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Kanawha, Roane6 hr
Jun 29, 6:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Tyler6 hr
Jun 29, 6:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants6 hr
Jun 29, 1:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants6 hr
Jun 29, 1:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXKanawha, Roane6 hr
Jun 29, 7:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXKanawha, Putnam12 hr
Jun 29, 7:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants12 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.