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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Charleston, WV

March 2, 1997Doddridge County, Ritchie County, West Virginia; Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Mar 2, 1997, 7:00 AM EST for Doddridge County, Ritchie County, West Virginia; Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 5 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, 7:00 AM EST (12:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 1997, 12:00 PM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Washington County, OH, Doddridge County, WV, Ritchie County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1997-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1997-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
97 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 2:14 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXCabell, Putnam6 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 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
Mar 1, 9:49 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton6 hr
Mar 1, 9:49 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXMorgan, Washington6 hr
Mar 1, 9:49 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXPerry6 hr
Mar 1, 10:15 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia, Lawrence6 hr
Mar 2, 3:58 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton4 hr
Mar 2, 3:58 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXMorgan, Washington4 hr
Mar 2, 3:58 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXLawrence4 hr
Mar 2, 7:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens, Morgan, Perry5 hr
Mar 2, 7:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Vinton5 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1997Flash 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.