Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 70, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 1998, 5:40 PM EDT for Kanawha 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 16, 1998, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1998, 7:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kanawha County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 914 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 162138 FFWCRW WVC039-162340- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 540 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. * UNTIL 740 PM EDT. * AT 536 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA FROM BEE MOUNTAIN...TO AROUND BELLE...TO EAST BANK....MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION. <<<CALL TO ACTION>>>DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD! PLEAS@E REPORT ANY HIGH WATER OR FLOODING BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772. .END/MHB
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 16, 4:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
404 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0331 PM MASON WV 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 MASON EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0301 PM AND 0331 PM
0349 PM RAINELLE WV WIND DAMAGE
06/16/98 GREENBRIER TREES DOWN.
EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0334 PM AND 0349 PM
0351 PM RAINELLE WV 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 GREENBRIER EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0336 PM AND 0351 PM
0409 PM WESTON WV .50 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 LEWIS EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0354 PM AND 0409 PM
0410 PM CLARKSBURG WV .50 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 HARRISON EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0355 PM AND 0410 PMLocal storm report, Jun 16, 4:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
404 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0331 PM MASON WV 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 MASON EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0301 PM AND 0331 PM
0349 PM RAINELLE WV WIND DAMAGE
06/16/98 GREENBRIER TREES DOWN.
EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0334 PM AND 0349 PM
0351 PM RAINELLE WV 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 GREENBRIER EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0336 PM AND 0351 PM
0409 PM WESTON WV .50 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 LEWIS EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0354 PM AND 0409 PM
0410 PM CLARKSBURG WV .50 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 HARRISON EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0355 PM AND 0410 PMLocal storm report, Jun 16, 4:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
432 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1245 PM CYCLONE WV 2 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 WYOMING HAIL THE SIZE OF HEN EGGS
FELL IN THE TOWN OF
CYCLONE.
0115 PM SUTTON WV 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 BRAXTON QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY COOP OBSERVER AT SUTTON
LAKE.
0135 PM IRONTON OH 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 LAWRENCE QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL.
0155 PM IRONTON OH .88 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 LAWRENCE HEAVY RAIN AND NICKLE SIZE
HAIL FELL IN THE CITY OF
IRONTON.
0200 PM CADMUS OH FLOODING
06/16/98 GALLIA WATER OVER ROADS RT 141
ALONG SYMMES CREEK.
0200 PM WATERLOO OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 LAWRENCE PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
IN THE WATERLOO AND ARABIA
AREA ALONG RT 141.
0220 PM MAXVILLE OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 PERRY HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE
FELL IN THE TOWN.
0220 PM WILLIAMSON WV .5 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 MINGO MARBLE SIZE HAIL OCCURED
IN THE TOWN OF WILLIAMSON.
0222 PM CYCLONE WV 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 WYOMING QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
0238 PM GRANDVIEW WV 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 RALEIGH ICE CUBED TO GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL IN GRANDVIEW
NATIONAL PARK ALONG THE
NEW RIVER.
0245 PM WILLIAMSON WV .5 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 MINGO MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY WARNING POINT.
0255 PM GLEN DANIEL WV 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 RALEIGH SPOTTER REPORTED HEAVY
RAIN AND HALF DOLLAR HAIL.
0310 PM MASON WV 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 MASON QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
IN MASON AND ON PORTIONS
OF RT 35.
0315 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
06/16/98 MORGAN SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTS
POWER LINES AND NUMEROUS
TREES DOWN. SOME OF THE
TREES DOWN WERE ON HOMES.
NO LOCATION AVAILABLE AT
THIS TIME.
0317 PM BECKLEY WV 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 RALEIGH HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER
IN BECKLEY ALONG HARPER
ROAD.
0320 PM LESTER WV 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 RALEIGH GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
0325 PM FRAMETOWN WV 2 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 BRAXTON HAM OPERATER REPORTS TWO
AND ONE QUARTER INCH HAIL
AT THE 55 MILE MARKER OF
I-79.
0325 PM SUTTON WV 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 BRAXTON SPOTTER REPORTED GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL IN THE TOWN OF
SUTTON.
0335 PM RAVENSWOOD WV .75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 JACKSON HAIL IN THE CITY OF
RAVENSWOOD RANGING FROM
PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL.
0345 PM SPENCER WV .5 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 ROANE RADIO STATION IN SPENCER
REPORTS HALF INCH HAIL.
0347 PM GRANTSVILLE WV WIND DAMAGE
06/16/98 CALHOUN CALHOUN OES REPORTS TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN 4
MILES NORTH OF GRANTSVILLE
0347 PM ANNAMORIAH WV WIND DAMAGE
06/16/98 CALHOUN TREES DOWN ACROSS WEST
VIRGINIA RT 5.
0350 PM SPENCER WV .75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 ROANE DIME SIZE HAIL IN SPENCER.
0353 PM SPENCER WV WIND DAMAGE
06/16/98 ROANE TREES DOWN 4 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SPENCER IN
THE COMMUNITY OF TRIPLETT
ON ST RT 16.
0400 PM WESTON WV 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 LEWIS HAM OPERATOR CALLED IN
QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON RT 33
NEAR WESTON.
0410 PM CLARKSBURG WV 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 HARRISON HAM OPERATOR REPORTED GOLF
BALL SIZE ON US RT 50 & WV
28.
0410 PM CLARKSBURG WV 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 HARRISON SPOTTER REPORT HALF DOLLAR
SIZE HAIL OF 10 MIN
DURATION. COVERS GROUND
STRIPPED LEAVES FROM
TREES.
0415 PM BRIDGEPORT WV 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 HARRISON HAM OPERATOR REPORTED
QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN CITY
ON RT 50.
0420 PM STONEWOOD WV 2.5 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 HARRISON TENNIS BALL HAIL REPORTED
BY HAM OPERATOR
0425 PM MINFORD OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 SCIOTO DIME SIZE HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS.
0425 PM BRIDGEPORT WV 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 HARRISON HAM OPERATOR REPORTS GOLF
BALL HAIL 2 MILES EAST OF
BRIDGEPORT.Local storm report, Jun 16, 4:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
432 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1245 PM CYCLONE WV 2 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 WYOMING HAIL THE SIZE OF HEN EGGS
FELL IN THE TOWN OF
CYCLONE.
0115 PM SUTTON WV 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 BRAXTON QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY COOP OBSERVER AT SUTTON
LAKE.
0135 PM IRONTON OH 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 LAWRENCE QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL.
0155 PM IRONTON OH .88 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 LAWRENCE HEAVY RAIN AND NICKLE SIZE
HAIL FELL IN THE CITY OF
IRONTON.
0200 PM CADMUS OH FLOODING
06/16/98 GALLIA WATER OVER ROADS RT 141
ALONG SYMMES CREEK.
0200 PM WATERLOO OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 LAWRENCE PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
IN THE WATERLOO AND ARABIA
AREA ALONG RT 141.
0220 PM MAXVILLE OH 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 PERRY HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE
FELL IN THE TOWN.
0220 PM WILLIAMSON WV .5 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 MINGO MARBLE SIZE HAIL OCCURED
IN THE TOWN OF WILLIAMSON.
0222 PM CYCLONE WV 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 WYOMING QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
0238 PM GRANDVIEW WV 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 RALEIGH ICE CUBED TO GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL IN GRANDVIEW
NATIONAL PARK ALONG THE
NEW RIVER.
0245 PM WILLIAMSON WV .5 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 MINGO MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY WARNING POINT.
0255 PM GLEN DANIEL WV 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 RALEIGH SPOTTER REPORTED HEAVY
RAIN AND HALF DOLLAR HAIL.
0310 PM MASON WV 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 MASON QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
IN MASON AND ON PORTIONS
OF RT 35.
0315 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
06/16/98 MORGAN SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTS
POWER LINES AND NUMEROUS
TREES DOWN. SOME OF THE
TREES DOWN WERE ON HOMES.
NO LOCATION AVAILABLE AT
THIS TIME.
0317 PM BECKLEY WV 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 RALEIGH HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER
IN BECKLEY ALONG HARPER
ROAD.
0320 PM LESTER WV 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 RALEIGH GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
0325 PM FRAMETOWN WV 2 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 BRAXTON HAM OPERATER REPORTS TWO
AND ONE QUARTER INCH HAIL
AT THE 55 MILE MARKER OF
I-79.
0325 PM SUTTON WV 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 BRAXTON SPOTTER REPORTED GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL IN THE TOWN OF
SUTTON.
0335 PM RAVENSWOOD WV .75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 JACKSON HAIL IN THE CITY OF
RAVENSWOOD RANGING FROM
PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL.
0345 PM SPENCER WV .5 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 ROANE RADIO STATION IN SPENCER
REPORTS HALF INCH HAIL.
0347 PM GRANTSVILLE WV WIND DAMAGE
06/16/98 CALHOUN CALHOUN OES REPORTS TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN 4
MILES NORTH OF GRANTSVILLE
0347 PM ANNAMORIAH WV WIND DAMAGE
06/16/98 CALHOUN TREES DOWN ACROSS WEST
VIRGINIA RT 5.
0350 PM SPENCER WV .75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 ROANE DIME SIZE HAIL IN SPENCER.
0353 PM SPENCER WV WIND DAMAGE
06/16/98 ROANE TREES DOWN 4 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SPENCER IN
THE COMMUNITY OF TRIPLETT
ON ST RT 16.
0400 PM WESTON WV 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 LEWIS HAM OPERATOR CALLED IN
QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON RT 33
NEAR WESTON.
0410 PM CLARKSBURG WV 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 HARRISON HAM OPERATOR REPORTED GOLF
BALL SIZE ON US RT 50 & WV
28.
0410 PM CLARKSBURG WV 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 HARRISON SPOTTER REPORT HALF DOLLAR
SIZE HAIL OF 10 MIN
DURATION. COVERS GROUND
STRIPPED LEAVES FROM
TREES.
0415 PM BRIDGEPORT WV 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 HARRISON HAM OPERATOR REPORTED
QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN CITY
ON RT 50.
0420 PM STONEWOOD WV 2.5 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 HARRISON TENNIS BALL HAIL REPORTED
BY HAM OPERATOR
0425 PM MINFORD OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 SCIOTO DIME SIZE HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS.
0425 PM BRIDGEPORT WV 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98 HARRISON HAM OPERATOR REPORTS GOLF
BALL HAIL 2 MILES EAST OF
BRIDGEPORT.The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 2:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Wayne | 19 min |
| Jun 16, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wyoming | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 20 min |
| Jun 16, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 65 min |
| Jun 16, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Roane, Wirt | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 3:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Wirt | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Ritchie | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 3:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Doddridge | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lewis | 65 min |
| Jun 16, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 3:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Harrison | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gilmer | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Taylor | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Nicholas | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Kanawha | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Webster | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 6:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 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.