Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Mar 1, 1997, 8:32 AM EST for Mason County, West Virginia. 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 1, 1997, 8:32 AM EST (13:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 1997, 1:15 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mason County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:35 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 151324 COR FFWCRW WVC053-011815- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING...RETRANSMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 816 AM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA ...MASON COUNTY AT 815 AM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT STREAMS WERE RISING QUICKLY IN MASON COUNTY. PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED ALONG CRAB CREEK. MORE FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE ALONG MUD RUN AND IN THE APPLE GROVE AREA. 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. BELK &
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, 4:45 AM EST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
KYZ102-103-011300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 445 AM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 THE CHARLESTON RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES ARE INDICATING DOWNPOURS OCCURRING FROM THE STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE STORMS WILL CAUSE SOME RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS THIS MORNING AND PONDING OF WATER ON SOME OF THE ROADWAYS. PLEASE DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS. END/WHITEHEAD
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 4:45 AM EST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
KYZ102-103-011300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 445 AM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 ...HEAVY RAIN ACROSS BOYD AND CARTER COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY... THE CHARLESTON RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES ARE INDICATING DOWNPOURS OCCURRING FROM THE STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE STORMS WILL CAUSE SOME RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS THIS MORNING AND PONDING OF WATER ON SOME OF THE ROADWAYS. PLEASE DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS. END/WHITEHEAD CORRECTED...TO ADD THE COUNTIES...
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 4:49 AM EST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
KYZ102-103-011300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 445 AM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 ...HEAVY RAIN ACROSS BOYD AND CARTER COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY... THE CHARLESTON RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES ARE INDICATING DOWNPOURS OCCURRING FROM THE STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE STORMS WILL CAUSE SOME RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS THIS MORNING AND PONDING OlF WATER ON SOME OF THE ROADWAYS. PLEASE DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS. END/WHITEHEAD CORRECTED...TO ADD THE COUNTIES...
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, 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 | Mason | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:49 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 4 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.