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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Charleston, WV

March 21, 1998Fayette County, Kanawha County, Roane County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Mar 21, 1998, 12:32 AM EST for Fayette County, Kanawha County, Roane County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 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
Mar 21, 1998, 12:32 AM EST (05:32 UTC)
Expired
Mar 21, 1998, 3:30 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fayette County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Roane County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 1998-03-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 440 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-03-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
440 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
713 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 210534
FFWCRW
WVC019-039-087-210830-
 
BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1232 AM EST SAT MAR 21 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE
FLOOD WARNING UNTIL  330 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...EASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY...ROANE COUNTY
 
ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED GREATLY ACROSS THESE
COUNTIES...FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS IN THIS AREA.
THIS FLOODING IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS BEFORE
THE WATERS RECEDE.
 
FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG SMALL STREAMS IN THE ELKVIEW AND CLENDENIN
AREAS OF KANAWHA COUNTY. ALSO...BELLE...ARMSTRONG AND PAINT CREEKS
CONTINUE TO OVERFLOW IN WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY. SPRING AND REEDY CREEKS
IN ROANE COUNTY IN THE SPENCER AND REEDY AREAS CONTINUE TO OVERFLOW.
ALSO BIG LICK CREEK BETWEEN WALTON AND GANDEEVILLE WAS BLOCKED
U. S. ROUTE 119.
 
<< CALL TO ACTION >> DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE
WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW
YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. WATCH OUT FOR MUD SLIDES.
 
.END/ZINN
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 20, 7:42 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXClay, Fayette, Kanawha4 hr
Mar 20, 7:42 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXRoane4 hr
Mar 20, 8:41 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXBraxton, Webster3 hr
Mar 20, 11:23 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXMcDowell4 hr
Mar 21, 4:02 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXKanawha, Roane3 hr
Mar 21, 4:02 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXFayette3 hr
Mar 21, 4:02 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXMcDowell3 hr
Mar 21, 4:12 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXFayette, Kanawha, Roane3 hr
Mar 21, 4:12 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXMcDowell3 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.