Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 8:36 PM EDT for Jackson County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 min. 3 reports 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 31, 1998, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1998, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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 31, 8:55 PM EDT | Hail 1.5 | Jackson, OH | |
| May 31, 8:56 PM EDT | Hail 2.5 | Jackson, OH | |
| May 31, 8:58 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson, OH |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 1429 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1011 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
821 WUUS1 KCRW 010037 RRA SVRCRW OHC079-010115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 836 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHEAST OHIO ...JACKSON COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SOUTHERN ROSS COUNTY AT 8:30 PM. THE STORM WAS MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST TOWARD JACKSON COUNTY. << CALL TO ACTION >> A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. .END / KTB
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 31, 8:23 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-046-047-VAZ003-004-OHZ066-067-075-076- 083>087-KYZ101>103-010400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 823 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998 A FAST MOVING COLDFRONT WILL BRING A ROUND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA THROUGH 1AM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST KENTUCKY THROUGH 1000PM...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TILL 1AM FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND EVEN ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE NOW BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST OHIO WILL DRIFT INTO NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. OTHER STRONG STORMS ARE MOVING INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY AND WILL AFFECT NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA IN A FEW HOURS. IF YOU HERE OF...OR WITNESS DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL OR WHAT YOU THINK COULD BE A TORNADO...PASS THIS INFORMATION ON TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND ASK THEM TO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA. .END/GRAF
Special weather statement, May 31, 8:23 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-046-047-VAZ003-004-OHZ066-067-075-076- 083>087-KYZ101>103-010400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 823 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998 A FAST MOVING COLDFRONT WILL BRING A ROUND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA THROUGH 1AM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST KENTUCKY THROUGH 1000PM...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TILL 1AM FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND EVEN ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE NOW BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST OHIO WILL DRIFT INTO NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. OTHER STRONG STORMS ARE MOVING INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY AND WILL AFFECT NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA IN A FEW HOURS. IF YOU HERE OF...OR WITNESS DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL OR WHAT YOU THINK COULD BE A TORNADO...PASS THIS INFORMATION ON TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND ASK THEM TO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA. .END/GRAF
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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.