Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 1998, 4:31 PM EDT for Randolph County, West Virginia. It was in force for 119 min. 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 30, 1998, 4:31 PM EDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1998, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randolph County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 265 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1055 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 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 302031 FFWCRW WVC083-302230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 431 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA ...SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY AT 4:30 PM EDT. THIS STORM IS OVER THE MONONGAHELA NATIONAL FOREST BETWEEN VALLEY HEAD AND CHEAT BRIDGE. PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR. CREEKS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY FLASH FLOODING AREA BECKY CREEK AND STEWARTS RUN. << CALL TO ACTION >> A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS ...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERBS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS DURING THREATENING RAINS. ZINN
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 30, 3:45 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-046-047-VAZ003-004-OHZ066-067-075-076- 083>087-KYZ101>103-105-310500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 345 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 1998 BRIEF THUNDERSTORMS...SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR SUNDAY EVENING...COULD CONTAIN STRONG WINDS GUSTS OR HAIL. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TIMING A STRONG COLD FRONT TO SWEEP THROUGH THE MID OHIO VALLEY AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS SUNDAY NIGHT. YET...WELL AHEAD OF THE ACTUAL FRONT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR SUNDAY EVENING. BEING A WEEKEND...IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS...BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY FROM WEST TO EAST. WEEKEND BOATERS AND HIKERS WILL NEED EVEN MORE TIME TO SEEK A SAFE LOCATION. DURATIONS OF ANY STORMS SHOULD BE BRIEF...DUE TO THEIR FAST MOVEMENT. THIS WOULD LIMIT ANY FLASH FLOOD THREAT. EVEN THE THREAT OF STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL ON SUNDAY...IS NOT A SURE BET. THERE ARE FACTORS THAT COULD INHIBIT STRONG CONVECTION. IF THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCREASES...A TORNADO OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WOULD BE POSTED DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. INCREASE YOUR WEATHER AWARENESS ON SUNDAY...AND MONITOR FORECASTS AND CONDITIONS MORE OFTEN THAN USUAL. .END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
Special weather statement, May 30, 3:45 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-046-047-VAZ003-004-OHZ066-067-075-076- 083>087-KYZ101>103-105-310500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 345 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 1998 BRIEF THUNDERSTORMS...SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR SUNDAY EVENING...COULD CONTAIN STRONG WINDS GUSTS OR HAIL. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TIMING A STRONG COLD FRONT TO SWEEP THROUGH THE MID OHIO VALLEY AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS SUNDAY NIGHT. YET...WELL AHEAD OF THE ACTUAL FRONT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR SUNDAY EVENING. BEING A WEEKEND...IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS...BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY FROM WEST TO EAST. WEEKEND BOATERS AND HIKERS WILL NEED EVEN MORE TIME TO SEEK A SAFE LOCATION. DURATIONS OF ANY STORMS SHOULD BE BRIEF...DUE TO THEIR FAST MOVEMENT. THIS WOULD LIMIT ANY FLASH FLOOD THREAT. EVEN THE THREAT OF STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL ON SUNDAY...IS NOT A SURE BET. THERE ARE FACTORS THAT COULD INHIBIT STRONG CONVECTION. IF THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCREASES...A TORNADO OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WOULD BE POSTED DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. INCREASE YOUR WEATHER AWARENESS ON SUNDAY...AND MONITOR FORECASTS AND CONDITIONS MORE OFTEN THAN USUAL. .END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
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.