Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1998, 11:22 PM EDT for Jackson County, Vinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 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 19, 1998, 11:22 PM EDT (03:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 1998, 12:10 AM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, OH, Vinton County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:22 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 12:01 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellston, OH | Trees were down along Route 124. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 2300 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1282 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 200322 SVRCRW OHC079-163-200410- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1122 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JACKSON COUNTY OH IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO. WESTERN VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO. * UNTIL 1210 AM EDT. * AT 1122 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCARTHUR OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF EAGLE MILLS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... EAGLE MILLS. <<CALL TO ACTION>>THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOFWS. PLEASE REPORT ANY HAIL OR STRONG WINDS BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772. .END/BELK/GRAF
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
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 7:16 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
VAZ001>009-KYZ101>103-105-200000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 716 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1998 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA HAS EXPIRED. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA. .END/VICTORY
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.