Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Mar 1, 1997, 10:15 PM EST for Jackson County, Mason County, West Virginia. 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, 10:15 PM EST (03:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 1997, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, WV, Mason County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 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 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 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 020320
FFWCRW
OHC053-087-WVC035-053-020900-
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1015 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE FLOOD WARNINGS UNTIL
400 AM 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.
COUNTY OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT MAJOR FLOODING ACROSS THE
REGION. THERE ARE MULTIPLE REPORTS OF FLOODED AND CLOSED ROADS...
SOME WHICH HAVE CAUSED MUDSLIDES AND DAM
AGED BRIDGES.
ALTHOUGH THE RAINS HAVE TEMPORARILY PULLED TO THE NORTH...
MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THIS
ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ONLY MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE.
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 51 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 49 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 41 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 34 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 2, 1:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Ritchie, Tyler | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wirt, Wood | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:14 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Putnam | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:06 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Roane | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:06 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:06 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gilmer | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:58 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wayne | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Roane, Wirt | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Ritchie | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler, Wood | 5 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.