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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Charleston, WV

June 15, 1998Harrison County, Taylor County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 1998, 3:24 PM EDT for Harrison County, Taylor County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 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 15, 1998, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1998, 6:25 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Harrison County, WV, Taylor County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 123 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1998-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1998-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 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 151922
FFWCRW
WVC033-091-152225-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
324 PM EDT MON JUN 15 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
  TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

* UNTIL 625 PM EDT.

* AT 320...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER HARRISON AND TAYLOR...
  MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AROUND 30 TO 35 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE TRAINING ACROSS HARRISON AND
  TAYLOR COUNTIES.  RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE
  FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

<<<CALL TO ACTION>>>DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
   ROAD!

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

.END/SIKORA

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 15, 10:55 AM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0345 AM EST MON JUN 15 1998

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

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

1143 PM    KENOVA                    WV   PEA SIZE HAIL
06/14/98   WAYNE                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          1128 PM  AND  1143 PM

1136 PM    PORTSMOUTH                OH   FLOODING
06/14/98   SCIOTO                         STREAMS OVER ROADS OR
                                          IN BUILDINGS.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          1121 PM  AND  1136 PM

0253 PM    CHARLESTON                WV   TORNADO
06/15/98   KANAWHA                        EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0238 PM  AND  0253 PM
Local storm report, Jun 15, 11:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1100 AM EST MON JUN 15 1998

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TFIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

PREVIOUS REPORT SENT IN ERROR.

TEST....TEST...TEST...TEST.

NO TORNADOES REPORTED OR SITED.

TEST....TEST....TEST

END/
Local storm report, Jun 15, 12:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1100 AM EST MON JUN 15 1998

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

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

PREVIOUS REPORT SENT IN ERROR.

TEST....TEST...TEST...TEST.

NO TORNADOES REPORTED OR SITED.

TEST....TEST....TEST

END/

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 11:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWayne60 min
Jun 15, 12:16 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMason5 hr
Jun 15, 12:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCabell5 hr
Jun 15, 1:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXKanawha4 hr
Jun 15, 1:36 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLincoln4 hr
Jun 15, 1:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPutnam3 hr
Jun 15, 1:53 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoone4 hr
Jun 15, 1:53 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXFayette4 hr
Jun 15, 2:27 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXClay, Nicholas5 hr
Jun 15, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMason62 min
Jun 15, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell49 min
Jun 15, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone47 min
Jun 15, 4:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson2 hr
Jun 15, 5:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRoane2 hr
Jun 15, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton33 min
Jun 15, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton38 min
Jun 15, 6:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMason3 hr
Jun 15, 6:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXTaylor3 hr
Jun 15, 6:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCalhoun, Gilmer3 hr
Jun 15, 7:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson3 hr
Jun 15, 7:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXHarrison3 hr
Jun 15, 7:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXClay3 hr
Jun 15, 7:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXUpshur, Webster2 hr
Jun 15, 7:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBraxton2 hr

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.