Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 98, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 1998, 8:32 PM EDT for Marshall County, West Virginia. It was in force for 2 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 26, 1998, 8:32 PM EDT (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1998, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marshall County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 1124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1194 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIT 270030 FFWPIT WVC051-270258- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVIATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 832 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. * UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. * NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MARSHALL COUNTY AND POINTS NORTHWEST. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST 20 MPH. * THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DUMPING TORRENTIAL RAIN OVER MARSHALL COUNTY. ONE TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN SPOTS... AND MORE IS ON THE WAY. <<CALL TO ACTION>>DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE 6WATER COVERS THE ROAD! .END/REHAK
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 26, 8:00 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
800 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0758 PM MOUNDSVILLE WV 1 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 MARSHALLLocal storm report, Jun 26, 8:13 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
813 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0755 PM 4 NW AMITY PA WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 WASHINGTON 2 TREES DOWN
0800 PM 3 NW SHADYSIDE OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 BELMONT
0800 PM GLENDALE WV .88 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 MARSHALLLocal storm report, Jun 26, 8:13 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
813 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0755 PM 4 NW AMITY PA WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 WASHINGTON 2 TREES DOWN
0800 PM 3 NW SHADYSIDE OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 BELMONT
0800 PM GLENDALE WV .88 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 MARSHALLLocal storm report, Jun 26, 8:25 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
825 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0810 PM MOUNDSVILLE WV WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 MARSHALL 3 TREES DOWN
0815 PM SHADYSIDE OH WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 BELMONT TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0820 PM POWHATAN PT OH WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 BELMONT LARGE TREES DOWN
0820 PM ST CLAIRSVILLE OH FLOODING
06/26/98 BELMONT FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 147
0820 PM SHADYSIDE OH FLOODING
06/26/98 BELMONT MAJOR FLOODING REPORTED.Local storm report, Jun 26, 8:25 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
825 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0810 PM MOUNDSVILLE WV WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 MARSHALL 3 TREES DOWN
0815 PM SHADYSIDE OH WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 BELMONT TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0820 PM POWHATAN PT OH WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 BELMONT LARGE TREES DOWN
0820 PM ST CLAIRSVILLE OH FLOODING
06/26/98 BELMONT FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 147
0820 PM SHADYSIDE OH FLOODING
06/26/98 BELMONT MAJOR FLOODING REPORTED.Local storm report, Jun 26, 8:31 PM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
831 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0755 PM SCENERY HILL PA WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 WASHINGTON TREES DOWNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 9:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 3:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 26 min |
| Jun 27, 3:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 41 min |
| Jun 27, 10:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 7:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.