Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 1998, 11:45 PM EDT for Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 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
- May 24, 1998, 11:45 PM EDT (03:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1998, 2:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monongalia County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1081 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIT 250346 FFWPIT WVC061-250630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVIATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1145 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MONONGALIA COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA * UNTIL 230 AM EDT * AROUND 3.00 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN WESTOVER WEST VIRGINIA AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES OF MORGANTOWN. IT MAY TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR THIS RAINFALL TO COMPLETELY RUNOFF AND FOR STREAMS TO GO DOWN. * FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG DENTS RUN IN WESTOVER. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE BARRICADED ROADS INTO THIS AREA WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF EVACUATIONS IF ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS. * AT 1130 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED EAST OF MORGANTOWN. FOR YOUR SAFETY...DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD! PM &
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, May 24, 6:38 PM EDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
638 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0615 PM MOUNDSVILLE WV 1 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 MARSHALL
0615 PM MOUNDSVILLE WV 50 MPH TSTM GUST
05/24/98 MARSHALL TREES DOWN
0617 PM MOUNDSVILLE WV 1 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 MARSHALL
0617 PM MOUNDSVILLE WV 1 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 MARSHALL
0617 PM MOUNDSVILLE WV 40 MPH TSTM GUST
05/24/98 MARSHALL TREES DOWN
0618 PM MOUNDSVILLE WV .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 MARSHALL
0626 PM GLENDALE WV 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/24/98 MARSHALL TREES DOWNLocal storm report, May 24, 7:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
730 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0640 PM GLEN EASTON WV 1.5 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 MARSHALL
0710 PM DAYBROOK WV 35 MPH TSTM GUST
05/24/98 MONONGALIA SMALL TREES DOWN
0716 PM CORE WV .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 MONONGALIALocal storm report, May 24, 7:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
730 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0640 PM GLEN EASTON WV 1.5 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 MARSHALL
0710 PM DAYBROOK WV 35 MPH TSTM GUST
05/24/98 MONONGALIA SMALL TREES DOWN
0716 PM CORE WV .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 MONONGALIASpecial weather statement, May 24, 10:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ068-069-WVZ012-021>023-041-250500- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1039 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 1998 ...THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN OHIO... MONROE AND NOBLE. IN WEST VIRGINIA... MARION...MONONGALIA...PRESTON...TUCKER AND WETZEL. AND IN THE MARYLAND PANHANDLE... GARRETT. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO HAVE BECOME MORE STABLE AND THE THREAT OF TORNADOES HAS DIMINISHED. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED. RHD/RSD
Special weather statement, May 24, 10:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ068-069-WVZ012-021>023-041-250500- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1039 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 1998 ...THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN OHIO... MONROE AND NOBLE. IN WEST VIRGINIA... MARION...MONONGALIA...PRESTON...TUCKER AND WETZEL. AND IN THE MARYLAND PANHANDLE... GARRETT. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO HAVE BECOME MORE STABLE AND THE THREAT OF TORNADOES HAS DIMINISHED. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED. RHD/RSD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 67 min |
| May 24, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 48 min |
| May 24, 9:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 3 hr |
| May 24, 10:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 110 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1998Every 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.