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Flash Flood Warning 171, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 1998, 11:42 PM EDT for Cabell County, Putnam 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
- Jul 18, 1998, 11:42 PM EDT (03:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1998, 2:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cabell County, WV, Putnam County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 635 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1402 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 190343 FFWCRW WVC011-079-190645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1142 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL CABELL COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. * UNTIL 245 AM EDT. * AT 1135 PM EDT...AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN EAST CENTRAL CABELL COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY. STORMS ARE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * <<<CALL TO ACTION>>>DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD! PLEASE REPORT ANY HIGH WATER OR FLOODING BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772. .END/JMV &
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
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 5:53 PM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
OHZ075-076-192300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 553 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 1998 HEAVY RAIN FROM LOCALIZED STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH WASHINGTON AND ATHENS COUNTY, THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAIN IS JUST NORTH AND WEST OF WHERE THE MUSKINGHAM RIVER FLOWS INTO THE OHIO. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE AND FLOOD PRONE STREAMS AND CREEKS IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN WILL GRADUALLY END BETWEEN NOW AND 7PM OR SO. END/GRAF
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 7:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
WVZ006-007-013>015-026-027-036-037-OHZ086-087-190100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 715 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 1998 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA FOR THE NEXT 2 HOURS. EARLIER STORMS THAT MOVED NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON HAVE RESULTED IN AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ON WHICH THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FOCUS. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS OF HEAT LATER THIS EVENING. END/VICTORY
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 7:20 PM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
WVZ006-007-013>015-026-027-036-037-OHZ086-087-190100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 720 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 1998 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH 9 PM. EARLIER STORMS THAT MOVED NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON HAVE RESULTED IN AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ON WHICH THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FOCUS. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS OF HEAT LATER THIS EVENING. END/VICTORY
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 10:59 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 12:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln | 3 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.