Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 694

June 28, 199813 counties in Ohio; 6 counties in Virginia; 37 counties in West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 28, 1998, 9:00 PM EDT for 13 counties in Ohio; 6 counties in Virginia; 37 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1998, 9:00 PM EDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1998, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 56 counties

Athens County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Lexington, VA, Highland County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Greenbrier County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Marion County, WV, Mason County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Preston County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

Warnings issued inside it

46 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 9:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMorgan4 hr
Jun 28, 9:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge, Ritchie, Tyler62 min
Jun 28, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMonongalia70 min
Jun 28, 9:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMarshall, Wetzel4 hr
Jun 28, 9:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens, Washington64 min
Jun 28, 9:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMorgan64 min
Jun 28, 9:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Ritchie4 hr
Jun 28, 9:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCoshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble13 hr
Jun 28, 9:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont, Harrison, Monroe13 hr
Jun 28, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZPreston62 min
Jun 28, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGilmer, Lewis62 min
Jun 28, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun, Wirt62 min
Jun 28, 10:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens, Perry4 hr
Jun 28, 10:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMeigs, Washington4 hr
Jun 28, 10:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXKanawha, Roane4 hr
Jun 28, 10:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGilmer, Harrison, Lewis4 hr
Jun 28, 10:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCalhoun4 hr
Jun 28, 10:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Kanawha48 min
Jun 28, 10:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMarion6 hr
Jun 28, 10:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZPreston6 hr
Jun 28, 10:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton66 min
Jun 28, 10:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZTucker59 min
Jun 28, 10:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRoane48 min
Jun 28, 10:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZTucker5 hr
Jun 28, 10:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXClay4 hr
Jun 28, 11:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXUpshur, Webster64 min
Jun 28, 11:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Kanawha, Nicholas64 min
Jun 28, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette63 min
Jun 28, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph63 min
Jun 28, 11:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXUpshur4 hr
Jun 28, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXPendleton62 min
Jun 28, 11:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKGreenbrier63 min
Jun 28, 11:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBraxton, Webster4 hr
Jun 28, 11:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone62 min
Jun 29, 12:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking61 min
Jun 29, 12:19 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph4 hr
Jun 29, 12:25 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNHocking3 hr
Jun 29, 12:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXVinton49 min
Jun 29, 12:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson51 min
Jun 29, 12:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMorgan6 hr
Jun 29, 12:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXTyler6 hr
Jun 29, 1:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia, Meigs65 min
Jun 29, 1:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson48 min
Jun 29, 1:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMason46 min
Jun 29, 1:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge6 hr
Jun 29, 1:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1998-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2035 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1998-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2035 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 2:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont and 22 more4 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia, 1998Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, 1998Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 1998Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.