Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997

Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Charleston, WV

March 2, 1997Cabell County, Putnam County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Mar 2, 1997, 2:14 AM EST for Cabell County, Putnam 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 2, 1997, 2:14 AM EST (07:14 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 1997, 8:00 AM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cabell County, WV, Putnam County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:17 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 184 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1997-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1997-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 268 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 020715
FFWCRW
KYC019-043-089-127-WVC011-079-021300-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
214 AM EST SUN MAR 2 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN EAST KENTUCKY
 
   ...BOYD COUNTY...CARTER COUNTY...GREENUP COUNTY
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
 
IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...CABELL COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...PUTNAM COUNTY
 
A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE AREA WILL CAUSE
SMALL STREAMS TO OVEFLOW DURING THE NIGHT. RAINFALL OF 0.75 INCHES TO
1.50 INCHES IS LIKELY BY DAWN.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. WATCH OUT FOR MUD SLIDES.
 
ZINN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 10:15 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Mason6 hr
Mar 2, 1:08 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Ritchie, Tyler6 hr
Mar 2, 1:08 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXWirt, Wood6 hr
Mar 2, 1:08 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants6 hr
Mar 2, 3:06 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Roane5 hr
Mar 2, 3:06 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXLincoln, Wayne5 hr
Mar 2, 3:06 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXGilmer5 hr
Mar 2, 3:58 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Mason4 hr
Mar 2, 7:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXWayne5 hr
Mar 2, 7:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXCabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam5 hr
Mar 2, 7:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXRoane, Wirt5 hr
Mar 2, 7:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson5 hr
Mar 2, 7:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXCalhoun5 hr
Mar 2, 7:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Ritchie5 hr
Mar 2, 7:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXMason5 hr
Mar 2, 7:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXClay5 hr
Mar 2, 7:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXBraxton, Gilmer5 hr
Mar 2, 7:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants, Tyler, Wood5 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.