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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Mar 1, 1997, 5:49 PM EST for Mason County, West Virginia; Gallia County, Lawrence County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 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
- Mar 1, 1997, 5:49 PM EST (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 1997, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gallia County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Mason County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 411 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCRW 012255
FFWCRW
OHC053-087-WVC035-053-020300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
549 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING
UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA
JACKSON MASON...
EXTREME SOUTHERN OHIO
GALLIA LAWRENCE.
THE FOLLOWING CITIES IN WEST VIRGINIA ARE INCLUDED IN THE WARNING...
RIPLEY...PT. PLEASANT.
THE FOLLOWING CITIES IN OHIO ARE INCLUDED IN THE
WARNING...IRONTON...GALLIPOLIS.
MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
ACROSS THESE COUNTIES DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE
STREAMS TO ONCE AGAIN...OR CONTINUE TO...RISE. FLOODING PROBLEMS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AS WELL AS THE THREAT FOR MUD SLIDES.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TTO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
IMMEDIATELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NWS WEATHER
RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.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
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 3:42 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
KYZ105-012130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 342 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH LAWRENCE COUNTY KENTUCKY BETWEEN 400 AND 430 PM... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH IS INDICATED BY RADAR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH LAWRENCE COUNTY KENTUCKY BETWEEN 4 AND 430 PM. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS SOME SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. END
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 3:47 PM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
KYZ105-012130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 342 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH LAWRENCE COUNTY KENTUCKY BETWEEN 400 AND 430 PM..8. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH IS INDICATED BY RADAR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH LAWRENCE COUNTY KENTUCKY BETWEEN 4 AND 430 PM. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS SOME SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. END
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 4:24 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
WVZ005-006-013-024-012230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 424 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS LOOK TO AFFECT CABELL.. WAYNE..LINCOLN AND MINGO COUNTIES. STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY BLOW THROUGH THE AREA. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY...AS WELL AS GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE HEAVIER RAINFALL. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING. ZINN
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 4:26 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
WVZ005-006-013-024-012230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 424 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS LOOK TO AFFECT CABELL.. WAYNE..LINCOLN AND MINGO COUNTIES. STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY BLOW THROUGH THE AREA. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY...AS WELL AS GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE HEAVIER RAINFALL. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING. ZINN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:12 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:49 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:16 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:32 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:10 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:15 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wayne | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:15 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Roane | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha, Roane | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:18 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:13 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 5:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha | 30 min |
| Mar 1, 5:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 5:49 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:24 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 4 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.