Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998

Flash Flood Warning 122, NWS Charleston, WV

June 28, 1998Wirt County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 1998, 8:28 AM EDT for Wirt 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
Jun 28, 1998, 8:28 AM EDT (12:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1998, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Wirt County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:21 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1998-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 60 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1998-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
60 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 281229
FFWCRW
WVC105-281500-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WIRT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT.

* AT 825 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THAT OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR OVER
  WIRT COUNTY. WITH THE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS...THIS WILL CAUSE
  FLASH FLOODING.

<<<CALL TO ACTION>>>DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROAD!

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

.END/RPY

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 28, 7:10 AM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
IN ELKVIEW                   WV, BETWEEN  6:09 AM AND  6:39 AM,
FLOODING WAS REPORTED. THIS INCLUDED WATER OVER THE ROAD OR IN BUILDINGS.
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Local storm report, Jun 28, 7:11 AM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0711 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....

0639 AM    ELKVIEW                   WV   FLOODING
06/28/98   KANAWHA                        STREAMS OVER ROADS OR
                                          IN BUILDINGS.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0609 AM  AND  0639 AM
Local storm report, Jun 28, 7:11 AM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0711 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....

0639 AM    ELKVIEW                   WV   FLOODING
06/28/98   KANAWHA                        STREAMS OVER ROADS OR
                                          IN BUILDINGS.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0609 AM  AND  0639 AM
Local storm report, Jun 28, 7:36 AM EDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0736 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....

0719 AM    WALTON                    WV   FLOODING
06/28/98   ROANE                          STREAMS OVER ROADS OR
                                          IN BUILDINGS.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0704 AM  AND  0719 AM
Local storm report, Jun 28, 7:36 AM EDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0736 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....

0719 AM    WALTON                    WV   FLOODING
06/28/98   ROANE                          STREAMS OVER ROADS OR
                                          IN BUILDINGS.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0704 AM  AND  0719 AM
Local storm report, Jun 28, 8:07 AM EDT, 21 minutes before
IN WALTON                    WV, BETWEEN  7:04 AM AND  7:19 AM,
FLOODING WAS REPORTED. THIS INCLUDED WATER OVER THE ROAD OR IN BUILDINGS.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants, Wood35 min
Jun 27, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXTyler34 min
Jun 27, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRitchie, Wirt33 min
Jun 27, 8:55 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXTyler35 min
Jun 27, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun, Gilmer48 min
Jun 27, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Roane48 min
Jun 27, 9:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge50 min
Jun 27, 9:17 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXDoddridge18 min
Jun 27, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXHarrison, Lewis50 min
Jun 27, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton50 min
Jun 27, 9:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay36 min
Jun 27, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXNicholas, Webster48 min
Jun 27, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXUpshur48 min
Jun 27, 9:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour, Taylor32 min
Jun 27, 9:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph33 min
Jun 27, 11:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXTyler3 hr
Jun 28, 12:57 AM EDTTornado WarningRLXWirt33 min
Jun 28, 1:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants, Ritchie3 hr
Jun 28, 1:13 AM EDTTornado WarningRLXRoane32 min
Jun 28, 2:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWood31 min
Jun 28, 2:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Ritchie, Tyler4 hr
Jun 28, 2:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants4 hr
Jun 28, 3:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWood4 hr
Jun 28, 3:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWirt3 hr
Jun 28, 4:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCalhoun3 hr
Jun 28, 4:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Roane35 min
Jun 28, 4:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXHarrison, Lewis2 hr
Jun 28, 4:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGilmer2 hr
Jun 28, 4:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton35 min
Jun 28, 4:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXNicholas, Webster41 min
Jun 28, 6:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson5 hr
Jun 28, 6:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXClay, Kanawha, Roane5 hr
Jun 28, 6:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Tyler5 hr
Jun 28, 6:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants5 hr
Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWood4 hr
Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWood4 hr
Jun 28, 7:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXNicholas3 hr
Jun 28, 7:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXNicholas3 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWood5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Roane, Wirt5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXClay, Kanawha5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants, Tyler5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Tyler5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXClay, Jackson, Kanawha, Roane, Wirt5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants, Wood5 hr
Jun 28, 5:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants, Wood5 hr
Jun 28, 5:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Kanawha5 hr
Jun 28, 6:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRoane3 hr

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.