Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 265, NWS Charleston, WV

September 6, 1998Cabell County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 1998, 3:08 PM EDT for Cabell County, West Virginia. It was in force for 47 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
Sep 6, 1998, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 1998, 3:55 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Cabell County, WV

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 6, 3:08 PM EDTHail 1Huntington, 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 1998-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2290 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 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.

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 061908 RRA
SVRCRW
WVC011-061955-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
308 PM EDT SUN SEP 6 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CABELL COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA.

* UNTIL 355 PM EDT.

* AT 307 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF HUNTINGTON OR 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF SALT ROCK MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME COMMUNITIES WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM ARE...
   SALT ROCK.

LARGE HAIL HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS STORM.  GO INSIDE A
STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

PLEASE REPORT ANVY HAIL OR STRONG WINDS BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT
877-633-6772.

.END/BELK

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.