Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998

Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Charleston, WV

June 15, 1998Clay County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 1998, 7:21 PM EDT for Clay 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, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1998, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Clay County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 1998-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 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 152321
FFWCRW
WVC015-160200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.

* AT 7:15 PM EDT...ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL FROM PERSISTENT
THUNDERSTORMS INDICATE THAT FLASH FLOODING OF THE SMALLER
STREAMS AND CREEKS IS POSSIBLE ACROSS C$LAY COUNTY.


<<<CALL TO ACTION>>>DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS!  MOST FLASH
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

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

.END/MJS

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, 4:21 PM EDT, 3 hours 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 PM
Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes 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 WV
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 7:13 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
WVZ005>008-013>016-018-024>040-VAZ003-004-160010-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
713 PM EDT MON JUN 15 1998

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL CROSSING THE AREA
DURING EARLY THIS EVENING...THEY HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY.

END/NMB
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 7:13 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
WVZ005>008-013>016-018-024>040-VAZ003-004-160010-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
713 PM EDT MON JUN 15 1998

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL CROSSING THE AREA
DURING EARLY THIS EVENING...THEY HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY.

END/NMB

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, 3:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXHarrison, Taylor3 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, 7:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXUpshur, Webster2 hr
Jun 15, 7:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBraxton2 hr

Nearby

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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.