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Flash Flood Warning 134, NWS Charleston, WV

June 28, 1998Jackson County, Kanawha County, West Virginia; Meigs County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 1998, 5:14 PM EDT for Jackson County, Kanawha County, West Virginia; Meigs 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

Counties Meigs County, OH, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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: 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
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 27, 11:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Tyler	3 hr
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, 2:34 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants	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, 6:50 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Wood	4 hr
Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Wood	4 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	Wood	5 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, 11:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Wood	5 hr
Jun 28, 5:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Wood	5 hr
Jun 28, 6:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Roane	3 hr
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 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	Perry	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	Perry	5 hr
Jun 28, 5:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Perry	5 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1998 Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 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.