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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Charleston, WV

June 11, 1998Lawrence County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 1998, 4:44 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Kentucky. It was in force for 16 min. 2 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
Jun 11, 1998, 4:44 PM EDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1998, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 4:55 PM EDTHail 0.75Louisa, KY
Jun 11, 4:55 PM EDTThunderstorm WindLouisa, KYTrees were blown down, damaging a few outbuildings.

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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1257 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1257 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 112044 RRA
TORCRW
KYC127-112100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
444 PM EDT THU JUN 11 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY KY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.

* AT 439 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF LOUISA OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FALLSBURG
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   FALLSBURG AROUND 445 PM EDT ..

<<CALL TO ACTION>>GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR!

PLEASE REPORT ANY TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS
BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772.

.END/JMV

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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.