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Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Charleston, WV

June 14, 1998Greenup County, Kentucky; Lawrence County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 1998, 11:29 PM EDT for Greenup County, Kentucky; Lawrence County, Ohio. It was in force for 5 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 14, 1998, 11:29 PM EDT (03:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1998, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 98 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
98 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-219 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 150329
FFWCRW
KYC089-OHC087-150830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1129 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GREENUP COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.
  LAWRENCE COUNTY OH IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO.

* UNTIL 430 AM EDT.

* AT 1124 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CROSSING GREENUP AND
LAWRENCE COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1.25 INCHES IN
AN HOUR.


<<<CALL TO ACTION>>>MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS THREATEN.

PLEASE REPORT ANY HIGH WATER OR FLOODING BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT
877-633-6772.

.END/NMB/JMV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 10:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence49 min
Jun 14, 11:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGreenup5 hr
Jun 15, 12:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCarter5 hr
Jun 15, 12:16 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoyd5 hr
Jun 15, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia33 min
Jun 15, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia38 min
Jun 15, 6:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1998Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.