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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Charleston, WV

January 8, 1998Jackson County, Lawrence County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jan 8, 1998, 12:58 AM EST for Jackson County, Lawrence County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 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
Jan 8, 1998, 12:58 AM EST (05:58 UTC)
Expired
Jan 8, 1998, 5:00 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 00:00Z on 1998-01-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 35 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 00:00Z on 1998-01-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 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
35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 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 080602
FFWCRW
OHC009-079-087-115-127-163-081000-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING...EXTENDED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
 
1258 AM EST THU JAN 8 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED FLOOD WARNINGS
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...ATHENS COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY...LAWRENCE COUNTY
   ...MORGAN COUNTY...PERRY COUNTY...VINTON COUNTY
 
ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS DIMINISHED GREATLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO...
NUMEROUS SMALL STREAMS COUNTINUE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. MANY ROADS CONTINUE
TO BE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. THE WATER LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO FALL
DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
 
DO NOT DRIVE Y
OUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. WATCH OUT FOR MUD SLIDES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 7:59 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia, Meigs6 hr
Jan 7, 7:59 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXWashington6 hr
Jan 8, 12:58 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens, Morgan, Perry4 hr
Jan 8, 12:58 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXVinton4 hr
Jan 8, 4:55 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.