Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1998, 12:26 AM EDT for Vinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 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 29, 1998, 12:26 AM EDT (04:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1998, 1:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Vinton County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
579 WUUS1 KCRW 290427 RRA SVRCRW OHC163-290515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1226 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO. * UNTIL 115 AM EDT. * AT 1224 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCARTHUR OR IN THE VICINITY OF EAGLE MILLS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... HUE AROUND 1230 AM EDT. ALLENSVILLE AROUND 1230 AM EDT. RAY AROUND 1235 AM EDT. ORLAND AROUND 1235 AM EDT. MCARTHUR AROUND 1245 AM EDT. <<CALL TO ACTION>>DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...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/LDW/NMB
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 26 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 PMLocal storm report, Jun 28, 11:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 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 PMLocal storm report, Jun 28, 11:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 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 PMLocal storm report, Jun 28, 11:34 PM EDT, 52 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 PMLocal storm report, Jun 28, 11:45 PM EDT, 41 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 PMLocal storm report, Jun 28, 11:45 PM EDT, 41 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 PMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 9:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Morgan | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Washington | 64 min |
| 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 28, 10:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Meigs, Washington | 4 hr |
| 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, 6:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Meigs | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Morgan, Washington | 6 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 |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.