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Flash Flood Warning 157, NWS Charleston, WV

June 29, 1998Putnam County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 1998, 6:24 AM EDT for Putnam County, West Virginia. 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, 6:24 AM EDT (10:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1998, 10:25 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Putnam County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3668 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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 29, 2:56 AM EDT, 3 hours 28 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, 3 hours 28 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
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 5:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 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, 1 hour 21 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, 6:00 AM EDT, 24 minutes before
OHZ083-084-087-291100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
600 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR LAWRENCE...JACKSON...AND VINTON
   COUNTIES IN OHIO HAS EXPIRED...

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST OF THE WATCH AREA...AND THEREFORE
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

.END/RPY
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:00 AM EDT, 24 minutes before
OHZ083-084-087-291100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
600 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR LAWRENCE...JACKSON...AND VINTON
   COUNTIES IN OHIO HAS EXPIRED...

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST OF THE WATCH AREA...AND THEREFORE
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

.END/RPY

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, 3:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWebster5 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.