Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1998, 1:25 AM EDT for Jackson County, Lawrence County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 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 21, 1998, 1:25 AM EDT (05:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 1998, 2:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:26 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 21, 1:30 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Hill, OH | The sheriff reported trees and power lines were knocked down. |
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 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 1019 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
928 WUUS1 KCRW 210526 RRA SVRCRW OHC079-087-210615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 125 AM EDT THU MAY 21 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTHEAST OHIO ...SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY...LAWRENCE COUNTY AT 124 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH. DEADLY LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM. << CALL TO ACTION >> SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. ./JAP
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 20, 11:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
WVZ024-025-033-034-042-VAZ001>017-210400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1112 PM EDT WED MAY 20 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 382 HAS EXPIRED... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL NOTED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA BUT NONE WERE SEVERE. END/PACKETT
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.