Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998

Flash Flood Warning 87, NWS Charleston, WV

June 19, 1998Randolph County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 1998, 11:20 AM EDT for Randolph 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 19, 1998, 11:20 AM EDT (15:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1998, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Randolph County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1109 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 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
1109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1024 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 191521
FFWCRW
WVC033-041-097-083-191815-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1120 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...HARRISON COUNTY...LEWIS COUNTY...UPSHUR COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...RANDOLPH COUNTY
 
THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL INTO THE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THESE
COUNTIES...IS RUNNING OFF INTO THE HEADWATERS OF THE RIVERS THROUGH
THESE COUNTIES. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THESE AREAS. IN MANY
CASES...THE RISES WILL HAPPEN VERY QUICKLY.
 
<< CALL TO ACTION >> DO NOT DRIVE YOUR 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 GROUNDz. WATCH OUT FOR MUD SLIDES.

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

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 7:54 AM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-KYZ101-102-191300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
754 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO
OR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY.  THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED.

END/HTK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 3:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXHarrison, Lewis45 min
Jun 19, 3:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour, Taylor62 min
Jun 19, 4:16 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBarbour, Harrison3 hr
Jun 19, 5:53 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXTyler2 hr
Jun 19, 6:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Lewis, Upshur3 hr
Jun 19, 6:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRandolph3 hr
Jun 19, 6:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXTaylor3 hr
Jun 19, 6:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette, Nicholas61 min
Jun 19, 7:16 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPocahontas, Webster3 hr
Jun 19, 7:16 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBarbour, Harrison3 hr
Jun 19, 7:16 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBarbour, Harrison3 hr
Jun 19, 7:16 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPocahontas, Webster3 hr
Jun 19, 9:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXHarrison, Lewis2 hr
Jun 19, 9:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRandolph2 hr
Jun 19, 9:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXUpshur2 hr
Jun 19, 10:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPocahontas, Webster2 hr
Jun 19, 11:04 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Tyler3 hr
Jun 19, 11:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXHarrison, Lewis, Upshur3 hr
Jun 19, 1:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWebster3 hr
Jun 19, 1:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBraxton19 hr
Jun 19, 1:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Tyler12 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.