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Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Charleston, WV

June 15, 1998Randolph County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 1998, 8:47 PM EDT for Randolph 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, 8:47 PM EDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1998, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Randolph County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 347 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, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 1998-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
347 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 160046
FFWCRW
WVC083-160300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

* UNTIL 11 PM EDT.

* AT 8:40...RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT ENOUGH RAIN HAS
FALLEN TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS IN
RANDOLPH COUNTY.


<(<<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

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, 4 hours 26 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 PM
Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 55 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, 1 hour 34 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, 1 hour 34 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 16, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRaleigh, Wyoming35 min
Jun 16, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWayne48 min
Jun 16, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLogan, Mingo46 min
Jun 16, 2:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell49 min
Jun 16, 2:11 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXWayne19 min
Jun 16, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLincoln51 min
Jun 16, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRaleigh33 min
Jun 16, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMason50 min
Jun 16, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXNicholas50 min
Jun 16, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWyoming52 min
Jun 16, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPutnam20 min
Jun 16, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha64 min
Jun 16, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay52 min
Jun 16, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette64 min
Jun 16, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRaleigh65 min
Jun 16, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson66 min
Jun 16, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell51 min
Jun 16, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton63 min
Jun 16, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRoane, Wirt48 min
Jun 16, 3:20 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXCalhoun, Wirt35 min
Jun 16, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge, Ritchie66 min
Jun 16, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun48 min
Jun 16, 3:36 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXDoddridge34 min
Jun 16, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLewis65 min
Jun 16, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXHarrison66 min
Jun 16, 3:54 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXHarrison36 min
Jun 16, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGilmer36 min
Jun 16, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXTaylor63 min
Jun 16, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Nicholas49 min
Jun 16, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette, Kanawha36 min
Jun 16, 5:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXKanawha2 hr
Jun 16, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWebster48 min
Jun 16, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXNicholas48 min
Jun 16, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas48 min
Jun 16, 6:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRandolph2 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.