Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998

Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Charleston, WV

June 16, 1998Jackson County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 1998, 2:48 PM EDT for Jackson County, Ohio. 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 16, 1998, 2:48 PM EDT (18:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1998, 5:50 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1998-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 353 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1998-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
353 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 161847
FFWCRW
OHC053-079-105-162150-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
248 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO.
  SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY OH IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO.
  MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO.

* UNTIL 550 PM EDT.

* AT 245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THAT HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA. FLASH FLOOD CAN BE
  EXPECTED.

*

<<<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/RPY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 1:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence47 min
Jun 16, 1:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia, Jackson64 min
Jun 16, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMeigs66 min
Jun 16, 2:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia, Meigs3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 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.