Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1998, 5:36 AM EDT for Buchanan County, Dickenson County, Virginia. It was in force for 54 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 24, 1998, 5:36 AM EDT (09:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1998, 6:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Buchanan County, VA, Dickenson County, VA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 6:00 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Rock, VA | Trees were blown down. One mobile home was damaged. |
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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 258 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 788 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
937 WUUS1 KCRW 240937 RRA SVRCRW VAC027-051-241030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 536 AM EDT SUN MAY 24 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ...BUCHANAN COUNTY...NORTHERN DICKENSON COUNTY AT 534 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS NEAR BREAK CANYON IN NORTHERN DICKENSON COUNTY AROUND 540 AM EDT. THE STORM WILL LIKELY PASS NEAR OR JUST SOUTH OF GRUNDY AROUND 545 AM EDT. << 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. .END/BELK/YOUNG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 3:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 47 min |
| May 24, 7:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 53 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 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.