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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Mar 1, 1997, 9:49 PM EST for Morgan County, Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 6 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, 9:49 PM EST (02:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 1997, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Morgan County, OH, Washington County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 945 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 458 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 427 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCRW 020248
FFWCRW
OHC009-079-105-115-127-163-167-020900-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
949 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 400 AM
EST SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST OHIO
ATHENS MORGAN PERRY
WASHINGTON...
EXTREME SOUTHERN OHIO
JACKSON MEIGS VINTON.
THE FOLLOWING CITIES IN OHIO ARE INCLUDED IN THE WARNING...JACKSON...
MCARTHUR...POMEROY...ATHENS...MARIETTA...MCCONNELSVILLE.
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROADS CLOSURES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE. IN JACKSON COUNTY OHIO...STATE ROUTE 139 IS CLOSED
AND STATE ROUTE 93 HAS WATER FLOWING OVER IT AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS.
IN VINTON COUNTY... U.S. 50 HAS BEEN CLOSED. NUMEROUS OTHER ROADS
ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO ARE ALSO REPORTED CLOSED OR UNDERWATER.
MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT
DROPPING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE THE
FLOODING TO EXPAND.
SITESWhat 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, 4:24 PM EST, 5 hours 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, 5 hours 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
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 6:34 PM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
WVZ036-020033- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 634 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FAYETTE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED INTO WESTERN GREENBRIER AND NICHOLAS COUNTIES. THE LINE WEAKENED AS IT MOVED EAST. AS OF 630 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE CHARLESTON WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. IF WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED AT YOUR LOCATION... PLEASE CONTACT YOU LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM FORWARD THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SITES
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 6:41 PM EST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
WVZ036-020033- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 634 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FAYETTE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED INTO WESTERN GREENBRIER AND NICHOLAS COUNTIES. THE LINE WEAKENED AS IT MOVED EAST. AS OF 630 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE CHARLESTON WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. IF WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED AT YOUR LOCATION... PLEASE CONTACT YOU LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM FORWARD THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SITES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 9:49 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton | 6 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:49 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Perry | 6 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:15 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:58 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:58 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Morgan, Washington | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:58 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Meigs | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Washington | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Morgan, Perry | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Vinton | 5 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.