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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Charleston, WV
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.
- 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
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 PMLocal 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 60 min |
| Jun 15, 12:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Nicholas | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 4:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Roane | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 6:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Taylor | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Upshur, Webster | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton | 2 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.