Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Apr 17, 1998, 12:20 AM EDT for Buchanan County, Dickenson County, 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
- Apr 17, 1998, 12:20 AM EDT (04:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 1998, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Buchanan County, VA, Dickenson County, VA
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 170421 FFWCRW VAC027-051-170815- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1220 AM EDT FRI APR 17 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ...BUCHANAN COUNTY...DICKENSON COUNTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE COUNTIES THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE RAIN WILL OCCASIONALLY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. RAINFALL RATES MAY APPROACH 1/2 OF AN INCH IN AN HOUR IN A FEW LOCATIONS. THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM RECENT RAIN. AS OF 1215 AM...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT STREAMS ARE NEAR BANKFULL. ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING OF THE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. << CALL TO ACTION >> A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBIL DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSbS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
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, Apr 16, 9:20 PM EDT, 3 hours before
WVZ005-KYZ105-170400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 920 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998 ...RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL OCCUR ACROSS LAWRENCE COUNTY KENTUCKY AND WAYNE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA THROUGH MIDNIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE TRACKING ACROSS THESE COUNTIES. LOCALLY 0.5 TO 0.75 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. THIS WILL RESULT IN QUICK RISES ON THE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. PEOPLE SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM STREAMS THAT ARE RISING RAPIDLY. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA...WHOM LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS IN CASE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. END/
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 9:20 PM EDT, 3 hours before
WVZ005-KYZ105-170400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 920 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998 ...RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL OCCUR ACROSS LAWRENCE COUNTY KENTUCKY AND WAYNE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA THROUGH MIDNIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE TRACKING ACROSS THESE COUNTIES. LOCALLY 0.5 TO 0.75 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. THIS WILL RESULT IN QUICK RISES ON THE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. PEOPLE SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM STREAMS THAT ARE RISING RAPIDLY. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA...WHOM LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS IN CASE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. END/
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 11:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
WVZ005>008-013>016-024>027-033>038-KYZ101>103-105-170400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1110 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH 234 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY... ...TORNADO WATCH 237 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS...BUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED. .END/ELW
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 11:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
WVZ005>008-013>016-024>027-033>038-KYZ101>103-105-170400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1115 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH 234 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY... ...TORNADO WATCH 235 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO... ...TORNADO WATCH 237 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS...BUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED. .END/ELW
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 12:12 AM EDT, 8 minutes before
VAZ001>009-170600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1212 AM EDT FRI APR 17 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS THE REGION BUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED. .END/ELW
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 12:12 AM EDT, 8 minutes before
VAZ001>009-170600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1212 AM EDT FRI APR 17 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS THE REGION BUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED. .END/ELW
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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.