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Flash Flood Warning 133, NWS Charleston, WV

June 28, 1998Perry County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 1998, 5:14 PM EDT for Perry County, Ohio. 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 28, 1998, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1998, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Perry County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1998-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1091 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1998-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
1091 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 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 282115
FFWCRW
OHC009-105-127-167-WVC035-039-073-107-290200-

FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
514 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNINGS FOR...
  ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO.
  MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO.
  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO.
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO.
  JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
  KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
  PLEASANTS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
  WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.

* AS OF 500 PM EDT...AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED THAT HEAVY
  RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA LAST NIGHT.  EVACUATIONS ARE
  STILL IN PROGRESS AT SOME LOCATIONS.

* SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS REMAIN SWOLLEN IN SOME PARTS OF THE AREA.

  IN JACKSON COUNTY WV...TRIBUTARIES OF THE OHIO RIVER WERE STILL
  BACKING UP.  EVACUATIONS WERE STILL TAKING PLACE IN THE CENTRAL
  PART OF THE COUNTY.

  IN PERRY...ATHENS AND MEIGS COUNTIES IN OHIO...SMALL STREAMS AND
  CREEKS ARE STILL RISING AS RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT
  MOVES SOUTH TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER.

  IN PLEASANTS AND WOOD COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA...SMALL STREAMS AND
  CREEKS THAT RUN INTO MIDDLE ISLAND CREEK ARE BACKING UP DUE TO
  HIGH WATER ON MIDDLE ISLAND CREEK.

  IN KANAWHA COUNTY...SERIOUS FLOODING CONTINUES AROUND HAYNES
  BRANCH AND SISSONVILLE IN EASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY.  THIS IS MAINLY
  DUE TO HIGH WATER ON THE POCATALICO RIVER.

  IN WASHINGTON COUNTY OHIO...PEOPLE WERE STILL BEING EVACUATED IN
  SEVERAL COMMUNITIES ALONG DUCK CREEK.  ALSO THE MUSKINGUM RIVER WAS
  FLOODING...RESULTING IN WATER BACKING UP ON ITS TRIBUTARIES.

<<<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/BELK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWashington47 min
Jun 27, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens34 min
Jun 27, 11:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWashington3 hr
Jun 28, 12:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWashington33 min
Jun 28, 2:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWashington31 min
Jun 28, 2:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMorgan, Washington4 hr
Jun 28, 4:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPerry2 hr
Jun 28, 5:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens100 min
Jun 28, 5:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMeigs69 min
Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens, Meigs4 hr
Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPerry4 hr
Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens, Meigs4 hr
Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPerry4 hr
Jun 28, 7:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWashington4 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens, Meigs, Perry, Washington5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens, Meigs, Washington5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPerry5 hr
Jun 28, 5:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens, Washington5 hr
Jun 28, 5:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMeigs5 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 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.