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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Charleston, WV

June 28, 1998Morgan County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1998, 9:41 PM EDT for Morgan County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 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, 9:41 PM EDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1998, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Morgan County, OH

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3668 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3668 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1100 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

704 
WUUS1 KCRW 290142 RRA
SVRCRW
OHC009-115-167-WVC073-107-290245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO.
  MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO.
  WASHINGTON COUNTY OH IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO.
  PLEASANTS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
  WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT.

* AT 940 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELPRE OR IN THE
  VICINITY OF CHESTERHILL MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   CHESTERHILL          AROUND 940 PM EDT.
   REINERSVILLE         AROUND 940 PM EDT.
   STOCKPORT            AROUND 940 PM EDT.
   BROADWELL            AROUND 944 PM EDT.
   HACKNEY              AROUND 945 PM EDT.
   GUYSVILLE            AROUND 945 PM EDT.
   BARTLETT             AROUND 945 PM EDT.
   STEWART              AROUND 945 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/NMB/LDW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 9:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMorgan4 hr
Jun 28, 9:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens, Washington64 min
Jun 28, 10:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens, Perry4 hr
Jun 28, 10:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMeigs, Washington4 hr
Jun 29, 12:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXVinton49 min
Jun 29, 12:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson51 min
Jun 29, 12:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMorgan6 hr
Jun 29, 1:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia, Meigs65 min
Jun 29, 2:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMeigs5 hr
Jun 29, 2:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMorgan, Washington5 hr
Jun 29, 5:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Vinton4 hr
Jun 29, 6:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMeigs6 hr
Jun 29, 6:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMorgan, Washington6 hr
Jun 29, 8:54 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson4 hr
Jun 29, 1:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMeigs6 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.