Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1998, 7:01 AM EDT for Mingo County, West Virginia; Buchanan County, Virginia. It was in force for 44 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 23, 1998, 7:01 AM EDT (11:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1998, 7:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Buchanan County, VA, Mingo County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:03 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 23, 7:30 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Harmon, VA |
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 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1026 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
114 WUUS1 KCRW 231102 RRA SVRCRW VAC027-WVC059-231145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 701 AM EDT SAT MAY 23 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ...BUCHANAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA ...SOUTHERN MINGO COUNTY AT 7:00 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RACING EAST AT 50 MPH. THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. TORRENTIAL RAIN AND LARGE HAIL WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE TOWNS AT RISK INCLUDE...WILLIAMSON AND MATEWAN IN MINGO COUNTY...AND PAW PAW AND MAXIE IN BUCHANAN VA. THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS BEFORE 7:45 AM EDT. BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA IS MOST AT RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS. << CALL TO ACTION >> WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DONT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS .END/BELK/YOUNG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 41 min |
| May 23, 5:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 33 min |
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.