Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 156, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 1998, 5:09 AM EDT for Jackson County, Vinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 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, 5:09 AM EDT (09:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1998, 9:10 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, OH, Vinton County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 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 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 290910 FFWCRW OHC079-163-291310- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 509 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... JACKSON COUNTY OH IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO. VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO. * UNTIL 910 AM EDT. * AT 505 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVING OVER JACKSON AND VINTON COUNTIES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * RADAR HAS ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 4 INCHES IN SOME COMMUNITES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. FLOODING ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS IS LIKELY. <<<CALL TO ACTION>>>MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. PLEASE REPORT ANY HIGH WATER OR FLOODING BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772. .END/LDW/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, 2:44 AM EDT, 2 hours 25 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 AMLocal storm report, Jun 29, 2:44 AM EDT, 2 hours 25 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 AMLocal storm report, Jun 29, 2:56 AM EDT, 2 hours 13 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 AMLocal storm report, Jun 29, 2:56 AM EDT, 2 hours 13 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 AMSpecial weather statement, Jun 29, 5:03 AM EDT, 6 minutes before
WVZ005>011-013>020-024>041-046-047-VAZ003-004-OHZ066-067-075-076- 083>087-KYZ101>103-105-291600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 503 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998 ...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO AND THE WESTERN LOWLANDS OF WEST VIRGINIA WILL GRADUALLY WIND DOWN BY MID MORNING OR SO. LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MORE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO REDEVELOP OVER GENERALLY THE SAME AREA. THE CAUSE OF THESE STORMS IS A COMBINATION OF LOW LEVEL MOIST AIR AND A COLD FRONT TO OUR NORTH. THE BIGGEST THREAT FROM THE STORMS NOW AND THE ONES EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATER TODAY WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO FORWARD THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. FOR FUTURE DETAILS OR UPDATES LISTEN TO NWS WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA. .END/GRAF
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 5:03 AM EDT, 6 minutes before
WVZ005>011-013>020-024>041-046-047-VAZ003-004-OHZ066-067-075-076- 083>087-KYZ101>103-105-291600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 503 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998 ...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO AND THE WESTERN LOWLANDS OF WEST VIRGINIA WILL GRADUALLY WIND DOWN BY MID MORNING OR SO. LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MORE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO REDEVELOP OVER GENERALLY THE SAME AREA. THE CAUSE OF THESE STORMS IS A COMBINATION OF LOW LEVEL MOIST AIR AND A COLD FRONT TO OUR NORTH. THE BIGGEST THREAT FROM THE STORMS NOW AND THE ONES EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATER TODAY WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO FORWARD THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. FOR FUTURE DETAILS OR UPDATES LISTEN TO NWS WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA. .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, 12:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Morgan | 6 hr |
| 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, 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
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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.