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Flash Flood Warning 102, NWS Charleston, WV

June 28, 1998Morgan County, Washington County, Ohio; Pleasants County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 1998, 2:34 AM EDT for Morgan County, Washington County, Ohio; Pleasants County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 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 28, 1998, 2:34 AM EDT (06:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 1998, 7:00 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

Counties Morgan County, OH, Washington County, OH, Pleasants County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:37 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 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 197 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: 2378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1345 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 11.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 280635
FFWCRW
OHC115-167-WVC017-073-085-095-281100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
234 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO.
  WASHINGTON COUNTY OH IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO.
  DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
  PLEASANTS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
  RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
  TYLER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

* UNTIL 700 AM EDT.

* AT 230 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA  ...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* MORE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED
  GROUND.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH IS LIKELY
  BEFORE 5 AM EDT.


<<<CALL TO ACTION>>>BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS
HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DAN0GER OF FLOODING.  PLEASE REPORT ANY HIGH
WATER OR FLOODING BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 877..633..6772.

PLEASE REPORT ANY HIGH WATER OR FLOODING BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT
877-633-6772.

.END/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

Local storm report, Jun 27, 10:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1006 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0958 PM    JANE LEW                  WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   LEWIS                          TREES DOWN.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0943 PM  AND  0958 PM

Local storm report, Jun 27, 11:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1150 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0801 PM    NEW LEXINGTON             OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   PERRY                          TREES DOWN

0805 PM    MALTA                     OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   MORGAN                         TREES DOWN 6 WEST OF MALTA

0830 PM    MARIETTA                  OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   WASHINGTON                     TREES DOWN

0832 PM    COOLVILLE                 OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   ATHENS                         TREES DOWN

0835 PM    PARKERSBURG               WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   WOOD                           TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

0840 PM    ST MARYS                  WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   PLEASANTS                      TREES DOWN FROM WILLOW
                                          ISLAND THROUGH BELMONT
                                          -ONE HOUSE DAMAGED IN
                                          BELMONT

0855 PM    ELIZABETH                 WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   WIRT                           TREES DOWN 2 SOUTHEAST TO
                                          TOWN ALONG ROUTE 5

0915 PM    MT ZION                   WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   CALHOUN                        TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN.  ROADS BLOCKED IN
                                          COUNTY

0920 PM    GLENVILLE                 WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   GILMER                         TREES DOWN IN AND AROUND
                                          TOWN

0925 PM    WEST UNION                WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   DODDRIDGE                      TREES DOWN AND NO
                                          ELECTRICITY

0930 PM    BURNSVILLE                WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   BRAXTON                        TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

0935 PM    LOST CREEK                WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   HARRISON                       TREES DOWN

0938 PM    SPENCER                   WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   ROANE                          TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 33
                                          3 MILES WEST OF TOWN

0945 PM    JANE LEW                  WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   LEWIS                          TREES DOWN

0945 PM    JANE LEW                  WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   LEWIS                          TREES DOWN

0945 PM    BUCKHANNON                WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   UPSHUR                         ONE HOUSE DAMAGE IN
                                          BUCKHANNON AND ONE HOUSE
                                          2E OF TOWN BY FALLEN TREES

1000 PM    JUNIOR                    WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   BARBOUR                        TREES DOWN ON 2 HOUSES

1003 PM    CRAIGSVILLE               WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   NICHOLAS                       TREES DOWN

1015 PM    WEBSTER SPGS              WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   WEBSTER                        6 NORTH OF TOWN TREES AND
                                          POWER LINES DOWN

1015 PM    ELKINS                    WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   RANDOLPH                       TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          IN AND AROUND TOWN

1015 PM    HILLSBORO                 WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   POCAHONTAS                     TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 219

Local storm report, Jun 28, 1:28 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
128 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0840 PM    JOSEPHS MILLS             WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   TYLER                          TREES DOWN NEAR ROUTE 18
                                          AND 74

1215 AM    LOWELL                    OH   FLOODING
06/28/98   WASHINGTON                     COUNTY WARNING POINT
                                          REPORTED NUMEROUS STREAMS
                                          OVERFLOWING... SOME HOMES
                                          SURROUNDED BY WATER IN
                                          LOWELL VICINITY

Local storm report, Jun 28, 1:59 AM EDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
159 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0142 AM    ST MARYS                  WV   FLOODING
06/28/98   PLEASANTS                      ROAD FLOODING IN
                                          COUNTY...ONE LOCATION 2
                                          EAST OF ST MARYS ON COUNTY
                                          ROUTE 3 ALONG MIDDLE
                                          ISLAND CREEK.  NO
                                          DWELLINGS AFFECTED YET.

Local storm report, Jun 28, 2:09 AM EDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0209 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0230 AM    MARIETTA                  OH   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/28/98   WASHINGTON                     EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0215 AM  AND  0230 AM

Local storm report, Jun 28, 2:09 AM EDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0209 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0230 AM    MARIETTA                  OH   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/28/98   WASHINGTON                     EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0215 AM  AND  0230 AM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Washington	47 min
Jun 27, 8:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens	34 min
Jun 27, 11:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Washington	3 hr
Jun 28, 12:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Washington	33 min
Jun 28, 2:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Washington	31 min
Jun 28, 4:52 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Perry	2 hr
Jun 28, 5:20 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Athens	100 min
Jun 28, 5:51 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Meigs	69 min
Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Meigs	4 hr
Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Perry	4 hr
Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Meigs	4 hr
Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Perry	4 hr
Jun 28, 7:29 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Washington	4 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Meigs, Perry, Washington	5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Meigs, Washington	5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Perry	5 hr
Jun 28, 5:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Washington	5 hr
Jun 28, 5:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Perry	5 hr
Jun 28, 5:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Meigs	5 hr
Jun 27, 8:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Wood	35 min
Jun 27, 8:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Tyler	34 min
Jun 27, 8:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Ritchie, Wirt	33 min
Jun 27, 8:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Tyler	35 min
Jun 27, 9:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Gilmer	48 min
Jun 27, 9:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Roane	48 min
Jun 27, 9:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge	50 min
Jun 27, 9:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Doddridge	18 min
Jun 27, 9:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Harrison, Lewis	50 min
Jun 27, 9:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton	50 min
Jun 27, 9:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay	36 min
Jun 27, 9:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Nicholas, Webster	48 min
Jun 27, 9:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Upshur	48 min
Jun 27, 9:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Taylor	32 min
Jun 27, 9:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	33 min
Jun 28, 12:57 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Wirt	33 min
Jun 28, 1:07 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie	3 hr
Jun 28, 1:13 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Roane	32 min
Jun 28, 2:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wood	31 min
Jun 28, 2:34 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Ritchie, Tyler	4 hr
Jun 28, 3:17 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Wood	4 hr
Jun 28, 3:41 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Wirt	3 hr
Jun 28, 4:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Calhoun	3 hr
Jun 28, 4:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Roane	35 min
Jun 28, 4:34 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Harrison, Lewis	2 hr
Jun 28, 4:34 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Gilmer	2 hr
Jun 28, 4:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton	35 min
Jun 28, 4:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Nicholas, Webster	41 min
Jun 28, 6:14 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson	5 hr
Jun 28, 6:21 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Clay, Kanawha, Roane	5 hr
Jun 28, 6:43 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Tyler	5 hr
Jun 28, 6:43 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants	5 hr
Jun 28, 7:55 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Nicholas	3 hr
Jun 28, 7:55 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Nicholas	3 hr
Jun 28, 8:28 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Wirt	3 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Roane, Wirt	5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Clay, Kanawha	5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Tyler	5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge	5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Tyler	5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Roane, Wirt	5 hr
Jun 28, 6:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Roane	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1998 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.