Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998

Flash Flood Warning 155, NWS Charleston, WV

June 29, 1998Webster County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 1998, 3:42 AM EDT for Webster County, West Virginia. 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 29, 1998, 3:42 AM EDT (07:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1998, 8:45 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Webster County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 165 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, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 1998-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2276 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 1998-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2276 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1132 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 290743
FFWCRW
WVC101-291245-

BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
342 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

* UNTIL 845 AM EDT.

* AT 340 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THAT HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS WEBSTER COUNTY. SCATTERED
  THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL PERIODICALLY CROSSING WEBSTER COUNTY...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS HAVE FALLEN IN
  THE HEADWATERS OF THE ELK RIVER...UPSTREAM OF SUTTON DAM...
  INCLUDING THE HOLLY RIVER.  FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN ALONG
  THE HEADWATERS OF THE ELK RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS MAY AGGRAVATE THIS
  SITUATION

<<<CALL TO ACTION>>>DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS!  MOST FLASH
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

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

.END/RPY/NMB

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 29, 2:32 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0232 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

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

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

0215 AM    CHARLESTON                WV   FLOODING
06/29/98   KANAWHA                        STREAMS OVER ROADS OR
                                          IN BUILDINGS.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0200 AM  AND  0215 AM
Local storm report, Jun 29, 2:32 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0232 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

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

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

0215 AM    CHARLESTON                WV   FLOODING
06/29/98   KANAWHA                        STREAMS OVER ROADS OR
                                          IN BUILDINGS.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0200 AM  AND  0215 AM
Local storm report, Jun 29, 2:44 AM EDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0244 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

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

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

0242 AM    NITRO                     WV   .50 INCH HAIL
06/29/98   KANAWHA                        EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0227 AM  AND  0242 AM
Local storm report, Jun 29, 2:44 AM EDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0244 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

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

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

0242 AM    NITRO                     WV   .50 INCH HAIL
06/29/98   KANAWHA                        EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0227 AM  AND  0242 AM
Local storm report, Jun 29, 2:56 AM EDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0256 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

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

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

0255 AM    HUNTINGTON                WV   .75 INCH HAIL
06/29/98   CABELL                         EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0240 AM  AND  0255 AM
Local storm report, Jun 29, 2:56 AM EDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0256 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

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

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

0255 AM    HUNTINGTON                WV   .75 INCH HAIL
06/29/98   CABELL                         EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0240 AM  AND  0255 AM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 8:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRoane64 min
Jun 28, 8:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXTyler4 hr
Jun 28, 9:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge, Ritchie, Tyler62 min
Jun 28, 9:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants, Wood64 min
Jun 28, 9:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Ritchie4 hr
Jun 28, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGilmer, Lewis62 min
Jun 28, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun, Wirt62 min
Jun 28, 10:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Pleasants, Wirt, Wood4 hr
Jun 28, 10:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXKanawha, Roane4 hr
Jun 28, 10:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGilmer, Harrison, Lewis4 hr
Jun 28, 10:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCalhoun4 hr
Jun 28, 10:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Kanawha48 min
Jun 28, 10:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton66 min
Jun 28, 10:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRoane48 min
Jun 28, 10:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXClay4 hr
Jun 28, 11:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXUpshur, Webster64 min
Jun 28, 11:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Kanawha, Nicholas64 min
Jun 28, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette63 min
Jun 28, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph63 min
Jun 28, 11:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXUpshur4 hr
Jun 28, 11:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBraxton, Webster4 hr
Jun 28, 11:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone62 min
Jun 29, 12:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRaleigh78 min
Jun 29, 12:19 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph4 hr
Jun 29, 12:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXTyler6 hr
Jun 29, 1:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson48 min
Jun 29, 1:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMason46 min
Jun 29, 1:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge6 hr
Jun 29, 1:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants6 hr
Jun 29, 2:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Kanawha, Roane5 hr
Jun 29, 2:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell, Putnam64 min
Jun 29, 2:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha64 min
Jun 29, 6:24 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPutnam4 hr
Jun 29, 6:24 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPutnam4 hr
Jun 29, 6:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Kanawha, Roane6 hr
Jun 29, 6:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Tyler6 hr
Jun 29, 6:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants6 hr
Jun 29, 1:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants6 hr
Jun 29, 1:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXKanawha, Roane6 hr
Jun 29, 7:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXKanawha, Putnam12 hr
Jun 29, 7:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants12 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.