Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 162, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 1998, 8:54 AM EDT for Jackson 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, 8:54 AM EDT (12:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1998, 12:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 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
- 749 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 961 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 291255 FFWCRW OHC079-291650- BULLETIN - FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 854 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... JACKSON COUNTY OH IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO. * UNTIL 1250 PM EDT. * ALTHOUGH A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION OF A COUPLE OF HOURS IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...LARGER STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT. <<<CALL TO ACTION>>>DO NOT D4RIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD! .END/RPY &
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, 5 hours 58 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, 5 hours 58 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, 3 hours 51 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, 3 hours 51 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, 2 hours 54 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, 2 hours 54 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.
| 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, 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, 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.