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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Charleston, WV

June 11, 1998Lincoln County, Wayne County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 1998, 5:33 PM EDT for Lincoln County, Wayne County, West Virginia. It was in force for 42 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, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1998, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lincoln County, WV, Wayne County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 112133 RRA
TORCRW
WVC043-099-112215-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
  SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT.

* AT 530 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAYNE OR 11 MILES WEST OF LEET
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   LEET  AROUND 550 PM EDT..
   SPURLOCKVILLE AROUND 555 PM EDT ..
   HARTS AROUND 555 PM EDT ..
   RANGER AROUND 600 PM EDT ..
   MUD   AROUND 600 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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 4:55 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXWayne20 min
Jun 11, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLincoln, Wayne44 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in West Virginia, 1998Every tornado warning in 1998Tornadoes 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.