Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Charleston, WV

May 31, 1998Jackson County, Ohio

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 31, 8:55 PM EDTHail 1.5Jackson, OH
May 31, 8:56 PM EDTHail 2.5Jackson, OH
May 31, 8:58 PM EDTThunderstorm WindJackson, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 31, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1429 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

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.