Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1998, 6:05 PM EDT for Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was in force for 55 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
- May 7, 1998, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1998, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 6:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Baileysville, WV | Numerous trees were knocked down along Route 97. |
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 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 072202 RRA SVRCRW WVC109-072300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 605 PM EDT THU MAY 7 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...WYOMING COUNTY AT 600 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING THE WESTERN END OF WYOMING COUNTY NEAR RD BAILEY LAKE. THIS STORM WAS TRACKING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL TRACK JUST NORTH OF ROUTE 97. << CALL TO ACTION >> IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN ...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, May 7, 4:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
KYZ102-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 449 PM EDT THU MAY 7 1998 HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RISES ON THE STREAMS IN CARTER COUNTY KENTUCKY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE SINKING CREEK BASIN IN SOUTH CENTRAL PARTS OF THE COUNTY. STREAMS WILL LIKELY RISE TO NEAR BANKFULL CONDITIONS. AS OF 445 PM...ONE BAND OF HEAVIER RAIN WAS PUSHING EAST OF THE COUNTY. THUS...A BREAK IN THE RAIN IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ANOTHER SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM COULD PUSH THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING. PEOPLE LIVING IN AREA...SHOULD MONITOR STREAM LEVELS...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IN CASE WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. END/
Special weather statement, May 7, 4:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
KYZ102-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 449 PM EDT THU MAY 7 1998 HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RISES ON THE STREAMS IN CARTER COUNTY KENTUCKY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE SINKING CREEK BASIN IN SOUTH CENTRAL PARTS OF THE COUNTY. STREAMS WILL LIKELY RISE TO NEAR BANKFULL CONDITIONS. AS OF 445 PM...ONE BAND OF HEAVIER RAIN WAS PUSHING EAST OF THE COUNTY. THUS...A BREAK IN THE RAIN IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ANOTHER SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM COULD PUSH THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING. PEOPLE LIVING IN AREA...SHOULD MONITOR STREAM LEVELS...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IN CASE WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. END/
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.