Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 112, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 1997, 12:24 AM EDT for Mingo County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1997, 12:24 AM EDT (04:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1997, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mingo County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 238 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1159 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 030426 FFWCRW WVC059-030730- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1224 AM EDT THU JUL 3 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA ...MINGO COUNTY CHARLESTON IFLOWS AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES AND RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT BEWTEEN 1.00 TO 1.50 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR NEAR THE PIGEON CREEK AREA NEAR PARSLEY BOTTOM AND BLOCTON. OTHER AREAS HAVE RECIEVE THESE AMOUNTS ALSO. THIS RAIN IS ENOUGH RAIN TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. << CALL TO ACTION >> BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. END/SIKORA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 2, 10:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1038 PM EDT WED JUL 02 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 JACKSON WV SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES
DOWN TO POLICE DURING 8:30
TO 9:10 PM TIME PERIOD
0830 PM MC ARTHUR OH
07/02/97 VINTON UNCONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUD
REPORTED SOUTH OF MC
ARTHUR
0850 PM COALTON OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 JACKSON NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED IN
COALTON AREA. TREES
BLOCKING ROADS.
0916 PM GALLIPOLIS OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 GALLIA MULTIPLE TREES DOWNED IN
GALLIPOLIS AND SURROUNDING
AREA. A TREE LANDED ON A
CAR.
0932 PM BLACKFORK JCT OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 JACKSON SEVERAL TREES REPORTED
DOWNED
0935 PM MASON WV WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 MASON SEVERAL TREES DOWNED
1010 PM CHARLESTON YEAGER ARPT WV
07/02/97 KANAWHA FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY
PILOT 10 MILES NORTH OF
YEAGER AIRPORTLocal storm report, Jul 2, 10:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1038 PM EDT WED JUL 02 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 JACKSON WV SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES
DOWN TO POLICE DURING 8:30
TO 9:10 PM TIME PERIOD
0830 PM MC ARTHUR OH
07/02/97 VINTON UNCONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUD
REPORTED SOUTH OF MC
ARTHUR
0850 PM COALTON OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 JACKSON NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED IN
COALTON AREA. TREES
BLOCKING ROADS.
0916 PM GALLIPOLIS OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 GALLIA MULTIPLE TREES DOWNED IN
GALLIPOLIS AND SURROUNDING
AREA. A TREE LANDED ON A
CAR.
0932 PM BLACKFORK JCT OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 JACKSON SEVERAL TREES REPORTED
DOWNED
0935 PM MASON WV WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 MASON SEVERAL TREES DOWNED
1010 PM CHARLESTON YEAGER ARPT WV
07/02/97 KANAWHA FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY
PILOT 10 MILES NORTH OF
` YEAGER AIRPORTLocal storm report, Jul 2, 10:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1038 PM EDT WED JUL 02 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 JACKSON SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES
DOWN TO POLICE DURING 8:30
TO 9:10 PM TIME PERIOD
0830 PM MC ARTHUR OH
07/02/97 VINTON UNCONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUD
REPORTED SOUTH OF MC
ARTHUR
0850 PM COALTON OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 JACKSON NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED IN
COALTON AREA. TREES
BLOCKING ROADS.
0916 PM GALLIPOLIS OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 GALLIA MULTIPLE TREES DOWNED IN
GALLIPOLIS AND SURROUNDING
AREA. A TREE LANDED ON A
CAR.
0932 PM BLACKFORK JCT OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 JACKSON SEVERAL TREES REPORTED
DOWNED
0935 PM MASON WV WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 MASON SEVERAL TREES DOWNED
1010 PM CHARLESTON YEAGER ARPT WV
07/02/97 KANAWHA FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY
PILOT 10 MfILES NORTH OF
YEAGER AIRPORT
CORRECTED FIRST JACKSON OHIO REPORTLocal storm report, Jul 2, 11:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1103 PM EDT WED JUL 02 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0945 PM WINFIELD WV WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 PUTNAM SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
COUNTY, SOME LARGE.
SEVERAL FIRES AND
TRANSFORMERS BLOWN DUE TO
HIGH NUMBER OF LIGHTNING
STRIKES.
1000 PM CHARLESTON WV WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 KANAWHA SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES
DOWN IN SISSONVILLE, ST
ALBANS AND CHARLESTON FROM
10 PM TO 1030 PM.Local storm report, Jul 2, 11:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1103 PM EDT WED JUL 02 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0945 PM WINFIELD WV WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 PUTNAM SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
COUNTY, SOME LARGE.
SEVERAL FIRES AND
TRANSFORMERS BLOWN DUE TO
HIGH NUMBER OF LIGHTNING
STRIKES.
1000 PM CHARLESTON WV WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 KANAWHA SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES
DOWN IN SISSONVILLE, ST
ALBANS AND CHARLESTON FROM
10 PM TO 1030 PM.Local storm report, Jul 2, 11:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1118 PM EDT WED JUL 02 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0920 PM MC ARTHUR OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 VINTON TREES REPORTED DOWNED BY
WIND
0930 PM MIDDLEPORT OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 MEIGS POLICE REPORTED SEVERAL
TREES DOWNEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 11:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 11:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Mingo | 27 min |
| Jul 2, 11:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 51 min |
| Jul 3, 12:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997
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.