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Flash Flood Warning 142, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 29, 1998Wetzel County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 1998, 1:09 PM EDT for Wetzel 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: Jun 29, 1998, 1:09 PM EDT (17:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 1998, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Whole counties

County Wetzel County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:11 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 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 624 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIT 291708
FFWPIT
WVC103-292200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVIATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
109 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WETZEL COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT.

* EARLIER TODAY...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
  RAIN THAT CAUSED ADDITIONAL RUNOFF THAT HAS CAUSED FLOODING.
  ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
  AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS.

* OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT THE NORTH FORK CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS
  NEAR PINE GROVE. ADDITIONAL FLOODING WAS REPORTED NEAR JACKSONBURG
  AND SMITHFIELD ALONG THE SOUTH FORK CREEK..

<V<CALL TO ACTION>>DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROAD!

.END/

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

Local storm report, Jun 29, 7:28 AM EDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
728 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

TIME(EDT)  ....CITY LOCATION....     STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ...COUNTY LOCATION...
0720 AM     COUNTY-WIDE              OH    FLOODING
06/29/98    GUERNSEY                       MANY ROADS STILL CLOSED BY
                                           FLOODING THIS MORNING...
                                           INCLUDING COUNTY ROAD 35
                                           NORTH OF CAMBRIDGE...
                                           INTERSTATE 77 NEAR SALT
                                           FORK DAM...US ROUTE 40
                                           WEST OF CAMBRIDGE...AND
                                           STATE ROUTE 209 NEAR
                                           CAMBRIDGE.

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 10:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-292000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1000 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.

STORMS WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
THESE STORMS WILL BE LADEN WITH NEAR TROPICAL-LIKE MOISTURE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH CAN CAUSE RAPID RISES IN
IN AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS. SOILS REMAIN HIGHLY SATURATED IN MANY
LOCALITIES INCREASING THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD AND FLOOD
PROBLEMS. THIS THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN IS VERY SERIOUS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TIL 8AM TUESDAY MORNING.
THIS WATCH INCLUDES MUCH OF SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...ALL OF EAST CENTRAL
OHIO...EXTREME NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND.

IN ADDITION THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS
...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE AT ANYTIME DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY
IN THE EVENT OF THREATENING WEATHER.

SKYWARN AND HAM RADIO ACTIVATION IS LIKELY.

FOR THE LATEST UP TO DATE WEATHER INFORMATION LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO. WEATHER INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE PITTSBURGH WEB SITE.

CHECK IT OUT AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PIT

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 10:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-292000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1000 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.

STORMS WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
THESE STORMS WILL BE LADEN WITH NEAR TROPICAL-LIKE MOISTURE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH CAN CAUSE RAPID RISES IN
IN AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS. SOILS REMAIN HIGHLY SATURATED IN MANY
LOCALITIES INCREASING THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD AND FLOOD
PROBLEMS. THIS THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN IS VERY SERIOUS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TIL 8AM TUESDAY MORNING.
THIS WATCH INCLUDES MUCH OF SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...ALL OF EAST CENTRAL
OHIO...EXTREME NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND.

IN ADDITION THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS
...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE AT ANYTIME DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY
IN THE EVENT OF THREATENING WEATHER.

SKYWARN AND HAM RADIO ACTIVATION IS LIKELY.

FOR THE LATEST UP TO DATE WEATHER INFORMATION LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO. WEATHER INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE PITTSBURGH WEB SITE.

CHECK IT OUT AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PIT

Local storm report, Jun 29, 10:08 AM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
1008 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

TIME(EDT)  ....CITY LOCATION....     STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ...COUNTY LOCATION...
0830 AM     GLENDALE                 WV    FLOODING
06/29/98    MARSHALL                       FLOODING ALONG LITTLE GRAVE
                                           CREEK IN THE GLENDALE AREA.
                                           RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINS.

Local storm report, Jun 29, 10:08 AM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
1008 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

TIME(EDT)  ....CITY LOCATION....     STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ...COUNTY LOCATION...
0830 AM     GLENDALE                 WV    FLOODING
06/29/98    MARSHALL                       FLOODING ALONG LITTLE GRAVE
                                           CREEK IN THE GLENDALE AREA.
                                           RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 8:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Ohio	41 min
Jun 28, 8:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Brooke	60 min
Jun 28, 8:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Ohio	4 hr
Jun 28, 9:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monongalia	70 min
Jun 28, 9:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Marshall, Wetzel	4 hr
Jun 28, 9:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Preston	62 min
Jun 28, 10:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Marion	6 hr
Jun 28, 10:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Preston	6 hr
Jun 28, 10:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Tucker	59 min
Jun 28, 10:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Tucker	5 hr
Jun 29, 8:26 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Marshall	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1998 Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.