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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Charleston, WV

June 10, 1998Buchanan County, Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 1998, 8:13 AM EDT for Buchanan County, Virginia. It was in force for 2 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
Jun 10, 1998, 8:13 AM EDT (12:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1998, 10:15 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Buchanan County, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 265 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-423 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1203 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 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 101214
FFWCRW
VAC027-101415-
 
BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
813 AM EDT WED JUN 10 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED A
FLOOD WARNING NOW EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...BUCHANAN COUNTY
 
AT 808 AM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECEIVED REPORTS THAT
THE HIGH WATER ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS HAS STARTED TO RECEDE.
HOWEVER...MORE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL DELAY THIS PROCESS...
AND COULD LEAD TO MORE FLOODING.
 
THE HARDEST HIT AREAS WERE AROUND WHITEWOOD AND ALONG SLATE CREEK.
HARRIS BRANCH HOLLOW IS INACCESIBLE DUE TO HIGH WATER AND PORTIONS
OF THE BOYD TRAILER PARK HAVE BEEN FLOODED.
 
<< 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 QUICKLYv.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. WATCH OUT FOR MUD SLIDES.
 
.END/BELK
 
&

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

Local storm report, Jun 10, 4:08 AM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
408 AM EDT WED JUN 10 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0150 AM    BARTLICK                  VA   .88 INCH HAIL
06/10/98   DICKENSON                      1.5 SW

0216 AM    WEST DANTE                VA   1.25 INCH HAIL
06/10/98   DICKENSON

0220 AM    GALLIA                    OH   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/10/98   GALLIA                         GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP

0230 AM    GETAWAY                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/98   LAWRENCE                       TREES DOWN ALONG MCKINNEY
                                          CREEK AND CO RD 36

0255 AM    APPLE GROVE               WV   .75 INCH HAIL
06/10/98   MASON
Local storm report, Jun 10, 6:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
639 AM EDT WED JUN 10 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0540 AM    RANGER                    WV   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/10/98   LINCOLN                        GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 1:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDickenson48 min
Jun 10, 4:26 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBuchanan4 hr
Jun 10, 4:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBuchanan41 min
Jun 10, 7:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDickenson3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in 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.