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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 28, 1998Greenbrier County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1998, 11:32 PM EDT for Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was in force for 63 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 28, 1998, 11:32 PM EDT (03:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1998, 12:35 AM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Whole counties

County Greenbrier County, WV

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 28, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 118 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, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 1998-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2276 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 1998-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2276 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1132 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KROA 290332 RRA
SVRRNK
WVC025-290435-

BULLETIN--IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1132 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

* UNTIL 1235 AM EDT.

* AT 1132 PM EDT... BLACKSBURG DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE
  OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM RICHWOOD TO GREEN VALLEY IN
  SOUTHEASTERN NICHOLAS COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA...MOVING SOUTH
  SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO REACH...
  DUO                             AT 1140 PM EDT..
  ANJEAN                          AT 1145 PM EDT..
  LEONARD                         AT 1145 PM EDT..
  TROUT                           AT 1150 PM EDT..
  LEWISBURG                       AT 1215 AM EDT..

<< CALL TO ACTION >> SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.  MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY
IMMEDIATELY.

.END/MTE

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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.