Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 242, NWS Charleston, WV

June 29, 1998Raleigh County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1998, 12:07 AM EDT for Raleigh County, West Virginia. It was in force for 78 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 29, 1998, 12:07 AM EDT (04:07 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 1998, 1:25 AM EDT
In force: 78 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

County Raleigh County, WV

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 29, 12:30 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Beckley, 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 nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 167 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2276 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1132 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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, 11:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1100 PM 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....

1059 PM    WESTON                    WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98   LEWIS                          LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          1044 PM  AND  1059 PM

Local storm report, Jun 28, 11:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1100 PM 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....

1059 PM    WESTON                    WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98   LEWIS                          LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          1044 PM  AND  1059 PM

Local storm report, Jun 28, 11:14 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1114 PM 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....

1058 PM    WESTON                    WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98   LEWIS                          STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          1043 PM  AND  1058 PM

Local storm report, Jun 28, 11:34 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1134 PM 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....

1132 PM    ELKINS                    WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98   RANDOLPH                       LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          1117 PM  AND  1132 PM

Local storm report, Jun 28, 11:45 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1145 PM 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....

1143 PM    WALKERSVILLE              WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98   LEWIS                          LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          1128 PM  AND  1143 PM

1116 PM    WESTON                    WV   FLOODING
06/28/98   LEWIS                          STREAMS OVER ROADS OR
                                          IN BUILDINGS.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          1046 PM  AND  1116 PM

1148 PM    NITRO                     WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98   KANAWHA                        TREES DOWN.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          1133 PM  AND  1148 PM

Local storm report, Jun 28, 11:45 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1145 PM 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....

1143 PM    WALKERSVILLE              WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98   LEWIS                          LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          1128 PM  AND  1143 PM

1116 PM    WESTON                    WV   FLOODING
06/28/98   LEWIS                          STREAMS OVER ROADS OR
                                          IN BUILDINGS.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          1046 PM  AND  1116 PM

1148 PM    NITRO                     WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98   KANAWHA                        TREES DOWN.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          1133 PM  AND  1148 PM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 8:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Roane	64 min
Jun 28, 8:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Tyler	4 hr
Jun 28, 9:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Ritchie, Tyler	62 min
Jun 28, 9:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Wood	64 min
Jun 28, 9:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Ritchie	4 hr
Jun 28, 9:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gilmer, Lewis	62 min
Jun 28, 9:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Wirt	62 min
Jun 28, 10:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Pleasants, Wirt, Wood	4 hr
Jun 28, 10:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Kanawha, Roane	4 hr
Jun 28, 10:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis	4 hr
Jun 28, 10:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Calhoun	4 hr
Jun 28, 10:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Kanawha	48 min
Jun 28, 10:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton	66 min
Jun 28, 10:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Roane	48 min
Jun 28, 10:53 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Clay	4 hr
Jun 28, 11:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Upshur, Webster	64 min
Jun 28, 11:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas	64 min
Jun 28, 11:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette	63 min
Jun 28, 11:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	63 min
Jun 28, 11:09 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Upshur	4 hr
Jun 28, 11:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Braxton, Webster	4 hr
Jun 28, 11:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone	62 min
Jun 29, 12:19 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	4 hr
Jun 29, 12:59 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Tyler	6 hr
Jun 29, 1:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson	48 min
Jun 29, 1:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	46 min
Jun 29, 1:44 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge	6 hr
Jun 29, 1:44 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants	6 hr
Jun 29, 2:01 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Roane	5 hr
Jun 29, 2:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Putnam	64 min
Jun 29, 2:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha	64 min
Jun 29, 3:42 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Webster	5 hr
Jun 29, 6:24 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Putnam	4 hr
Jun 29, 6:24 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Putnam	4 hr
Jun 29, 6:51 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Roane	6 hr
Jun 29, 6:51 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Tyler	6 hr
Jun 29, 6:51 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants	6 hr
Jun 29, 1:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants	6 hr
Jun 29, 1:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Kanawha, Roane	6 hr
Jun 29, 7:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Kanawha, Putnam	12 hr
Jun 29, 7:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants	12 hr
Jun 28, 9:07 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Morgan	4 hr
Jun 28, 9:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Morgan	64 min
Jun 28, 10:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Perry	4 hr
Jun 29, 12:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Vinton	49 min
Jun 29, 12:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson	51 min
Jun 29, 12:59 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Morgan	6 hr
Jun 29, 1:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gallia, Meigs	65 min
Jun 29, 2:01 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Meigs	5 hr
Jun 29, 2:01 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Morgan, Washington	5 hr
Jun 29, 5:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Vinton	4 hr
Jun 29, 8:54 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson	4 hr
Jun 29, 1:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Meigs	6 hr
Jun 29, 10:37 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Lawrence	3 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.