Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 1998, 4:53 PM EDT for Jackson County, West 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 15, 1998, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1998, 6:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 672 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 152052 FFWCRW WVC035-152255- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 453 PM EDT MON JUN 15 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... JACKSON COUNTY WV IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. * UNTIL 655 PM EDT. * AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER JACKSON COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THUNDERSTORMS OVER JACKSON COUNTY HAVE PRODUCED ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR. THIS IS ENOUGH TO CAUSE 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, 5 hours 58 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, 5 hours 53 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, 4 hours 53 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/Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:21 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0804 PM 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....
0402 PM POINT PLEASANT WV .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98 MASON EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0347 PM AND 0402 PM
0350 PM POINT PLEASANT WV .50 INCH HAIL
06/15/98 MASON EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0335 PM AND 0350 PM
0409 PM POINT PLEASANT WV .50 INCH HAIL
06/15/98 MASON EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0354 PM AND 0409 PMLocal storm report, Jun 15, 4:52 PM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
452 PM EDT MON JUN 15 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0220 PM CARETTA WV WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98 MCDOWELL NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON US
RT 16 NEAR THE TOWN OF
CARETTA
0338 PM GALLIPOLIS OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98 GALLIA THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL
REPORTED 1 MULE NORTH OF
GALLIPOLIS OHIO
0345 PM FLATROCK WV WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98 MASON POSTAL CARRIERS REPORT
NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN
ALONG RT2 AND PLANE VALLEY
ROAD NEAR FLATROCK WV
0345 PM LETART WV .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98 MASON THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL
REPORTED AT POST OFFICE IN
LETART WVThe 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, 3:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison, Taylor | 3 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, 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.