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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Charleston, WV

May 1, 1998Gallia County, Meigs County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 1998, 7:52 PM EDT for Gallia County, Meigs 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
May 1, 1998, 7:52 PM EDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 1998, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gallia County, OH, Meigs County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 12:00Z on 1998-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1998-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 012350
FFWCRW
OHC053-105-020400-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
752 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...NORTHERN GALLIA COUNTY...WESTERN MEIGS COUNTY
 
 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEPOSITED BETWEEN A HALF INCH AND AN INCH
OF RAIN BETWEEN 6:30 AND 7:30 PM.  THE GROUND WAS ALREADY SATURATED FROM
THE RAINS OF WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
 
IN GALLIA COUNTY...STREAMS SUCH AS CAMPAIGN CREEK...STRONGS RUN...AND
RACOON CREEK WILL LIKELY OVERFLOW IN THE MOST VULNERABLE LOCATIONS
THIS EVENING.  THIS IS IN THE MORGAN CENTER AND VINTON VICINITIES.
 
IN MEIGS COUNTY...SMALL TRIBUTARIES OF LEADING CREEK...AROUND RUTLAND...
LANGSVILLE...DEXTER ARE PRIME FOR FLOODING.
 
<< CALL TO ACTION >> BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS
HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH
FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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, May 1, 7:05 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
WVZ007-008-014>016-OHZ085-086-020000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
705 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 1998

AT 7 O'CLOCK...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST...
THROUGH THE GALLIA COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST OHIO...PLUS THE LOWER KANAWHA
VALLEY COUNTIES OF MASON...PUTNAM...AND KANAWHA IN WESTERN WEST
VIRGINIA.

BRIEF DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY.  A HALF OF AN INCH OF RAIN COULD FALL IN
LESS THAN 30 MINUTES.  THIS WOULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW ROAD VISIBILITY FOR MOTORISTS.  SMALL HAIL
IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

THESE PARTICULAR SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO MEIGS COUNTY OHIO...PLUS
JACKSON AND ROANE COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA FOR THE 8 TO 9 O'CLOCK
HOUR.  THIS WOULD INCLUDE AREAS NEAR POMEROY...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...
AND SPENCER.

END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
Special weather statement, May 1, 7:05 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
WVZ007-008-014>016-OHZ085-086-020000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
705 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 1998

AT 7 O'CLOCK...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST...
THROUGH THE GALLIA COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST OHIO...PLUS THE LOWER KANAWHA
VALLEY COUNTIES OF MASON...PUTNAM...AND KANAWHA IN WESTERN WEST
VIRGINIA.

BRIEF DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY.  A HALF OF AN INCH OF RAIN COULD FALL IN
LESS THAN 30 MINUTES.  THIS WOULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW ROAD VISIBILITY FOR MOTORISTS.  SMALL HAIL
IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

THESE PARTICULAR SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO MEIGS COUNTY OHIO...PLUS
JACKSON AND ROANE COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA FOR THE 8 TO 9 O'CLOCK
HOUR.  THIS WOULD INCLUDE AREAS NEAR POMEROY...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...
AND SPENCER.

END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.