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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Charleston, WV

June 11, 1998Wayne County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 1998, 4:55 PM EDT for Wayne County, West Virginia. It was in force for 20 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 1998, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1998, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 112055 RRA
TORCRW
WVC099-112115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT.

* AT 453 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAYNE OR 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  GLENHAYES MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   GENOW AROUND 455 PM EDT ..
   DUNLOW AROUND 500 PM EDT ..

<<CALL TO ACTION>>ABANDON MOBILE HOMES!  GO IN A NEARBY STURDY
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
p
PLEASE REPORT ANY TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS
BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772.

.END/HTK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLincoln, Wayne44 min
Jun 11, 5:33 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXLincoln, Wayne42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.