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Tornado Watch 499

June 3, 19984 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 3, 1998, 3:00 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1998, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1998, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 61 counties

Bell County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Russell County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Madison County, NC, Anderson County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Carter County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Clay County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Roane County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Union County, TN, Washington County, TN, White County, TN, Bland County, VA, Buchanan County, VA, City of Bristol, VA, City of Norton, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBuchanan13 min
Jun 3, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKTazewell47 min
Jun 3, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Jackson, Laurel48 min
Jun 3, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBland49 min
Jun 3, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXWise17 min
Jun 3, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDickenson41 min
Jun 3, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKTazewell32 min
Jun 3, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXRussell33 min
Jun 3, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPerry32 min
Jun 3, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLetcher33 min
Jun 3, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKTazewell51 min
Jun 3, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXWise48 min
Jun 3, 6:57 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXWise48 min
Jun 3, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXJohnson34 min
Jun 3, 7:14 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXScott51 min
Jun 3, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLee48 min
Jun 3, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXWashington49 min
Jun 3, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXSullivan48 min
Jun 3, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXRussell48 min
Jun 3, 7:50 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXSullivan50 min
Jun 3, 7:52 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXHawkins33 min
Jun 3, 8:02 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXCarter, Johnson63 min
Jun 3, 8:02 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXUnicoi, Washington63 min
Jun 3, 8:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXCarter, Johnson2 hr

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 11:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge, Butler and 48 more6 hr
Jun 3, 2:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Clinton, Cumberland, McCreary, Monroe, Wayne and 1 more5 hr
Jun 2, 8:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAnson, Bladen, Cabarrus, Catawba, Chatham, Columbus and 24 more6 hr
Jun 3, 5:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe and 34 more6 hr
Jun 3, 6:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAnson, Bladen, Brunswick, Chatham, Columbus, Craven and 25 more6 hr
Jun 3, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAmelia, Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Campbell, Carroll and 24 more6 hr

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.