Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 149, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 1998, 12:59 AM EDT for Morgan County, Ohio. It was in force for 6 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 29, 1998, 12:59 AM EDT (04:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1998, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morgan County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 3668 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1100 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 11:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1114 PM 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....
1058 PM WESTON WV WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 LEWIS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
1043 PM AND 1058 PMLocal storm report, Jun 28, 11:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1134 PM 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....
1132 PM ELKINS WV WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 RANDOLPH LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.
EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
1117 PM AND 1132 PMLocal storm report, Jun 28, 11:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1145 PM 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....
1143 PM WALKERSVILLE WV WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 LEWIS LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.
EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
1128 PM AND 1143 PM
1116 PM WESTON WV FLOODING
06/28/98 LEWIS STREAMS OVER ROADS OR
IN BUILDINGS.
EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
1046 PM AND 1116 PM
1148 PM NITRO WV WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 KANAWHA TREES DOWN.
EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
1133 PM AND 1148 PMLocal storm report, Jun 28, 11:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1145 PM 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....
1143 PM WALKERSVILLE WV WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 LEWIS LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.
EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
1128 PM AND 1143 PM
1116 PM WESTON WV FLOODING
06/28/98 LEWIS STREAMS OVER ROADS OR
IN BUILDINGS.
EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
1046 PM AND 1116 PM
1148 PM NITRO WV WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 KANAWHA TREES DOWN.
EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
1133 PM AND 1148 PMSpecial weather statement, Jun 29, 12:38 AM EDT, 21 minutes before
WVZ005>009-013>015-017-024>026-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-290600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1238 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED OR MOVED EAST WERE THE WATCH WAS CANCELLED. FURTHER WEST IN SOUTHEAST OHIO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL MOVING THROUGH THE REGION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. .END/GRAF
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 12:38 AM EDT, 21 minutes before
WVZ005>009-013>015-017-024>026-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-290600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1238 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED OR MOVED EAST WERE THE WATCH WAS CANCELLED. FURTHER WEST IN SOUTHEAST OHIO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL MOVING THROUGH THE REGION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. .END/GRAF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 9:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Morgan | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Washington | 64 min |
| Jun 28, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan | 64 min |
| Jun 28, 10:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Perry | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Meigs, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 12:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Vinton | 49 min |
| Jun 29, 12:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 1:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Meigs | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 2:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Meigs | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Morgan, Washington | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 5:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Vinton | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Meigs | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Morgan, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Meigs | 6 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.