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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Charleston, WV

July 2, 1998Gallia County, Lawrence County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1998, 4:46 PM EDT for Gallia County, Lawrence County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 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
Jul 2, 1998, 4:46 PM EDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1998, 5:35 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gallia County, OH, Lawrence County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 5:05 PM EDTHail 1.75Arabia, OH

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 12:00Z on 1998-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 64 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1998-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
64 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1252 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

165 
WUUS1 KCRW 022044 RRA
SVRCRW
OHC053-087-022135-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
446 PM EDT THU JUL 2 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO.
  LAWRENCE COUNTY OH IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO.

* UNTIL 535 PM EDT.

* AT 445 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES NORTH OF CHESAPEAKE OR IN THE
  VICINITY OF CADMUS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   CADMUS               AROUND 445 PM EDT.
   WATERLOO             AROUND 445 PM EDT.
   ARABIA               AROUND 455 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/ZINN


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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.