Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 98, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 1998, 6:15 AM EDT for Washington 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 27, 1998, 6:15 AM EDT (10:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1998, 9:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 1124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1194 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 271015 FFWCRW OHC167-271315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 615 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WASHINGTON COUNTY OH IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO. * UNTIL 915 AM EDT. * AT AT 610 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA WASHINGTON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS RAIN PLUS THE RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. * <<<CALL TO ACTION>>>DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS! MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. PLEASET REPORT ANY HIGH WATER OR FLOODING BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772. .END/SIKORA
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 27, 12:44 AM EDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
aT_ENGCRWLSRNWR98062703039806270303 110AD WVC097c9806270333 IN BUCKHANNON WV, BETWEEN 10:47 PM AND 11:02 PM, PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED. b aT_ENGCRWLSRNWR98062703259806270325 111AD OHC167c9806270455 IN LOWER SALEM OH, BETWEEN 11:08 PM AND 11:23 PM, FLOODING WAS REPORTED. THIS INCLUDED WATER OVER THE ROAD OR IN BUILDINGS. b
Local storm report, Jun 27, 2:13 AM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
213 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0950 PM NEWPORT OH WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 WASHINGTON SEVERAL TREES DOWNED.
ALSO IN NEW MATAMORAS AND
SALEM TOWNSHIPS
1000 PM WV WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 TYLER TREES DOWNED COUNTYWIDE.
1020 PM WEST UNION WV WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 DODDRIDGE TREES DOWN IN WEST UNION
AND ALONG RTE 18 NORTH
1025 PM GLENVILLE WV WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 GILMER SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG
RTE 33 NEAR GLENVILLE.
1030 PM WV WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 PLEASANTS TREES DOWN IN ST. MARYS
1030 PM WV WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 RITCHIE TREES DOWN BETWEEN
PENNSBORO AND PULLMAN
ALONG RTE 74.
1040 PM CAMDEN WV WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 LEWIS TREES DOWN AND ONE TREE
FELL ON A HOUSE.
1040 PM BUCKHANNON WV WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 UPSHUR TREES DOWN.
1043 PM PARKERSBURG WV WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 WOOD SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
1105 PM WV WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 BARBOUR TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
COUNTY WIDE.
1115 PM WV WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 BRAXTON TREES DOWN NEAR CHAPEL AND
FALLS MILLS.
1130 PM ELKINS WV WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 RANDOLPH TREES DOWN IN ELKINS
1145 PM WV 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 POCAHONTAS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN
BARTOW AND IN MARLINTON
1155 PM HARRISVILLE WV WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 RITCHIE SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
1240 AM WV FLOODING
06/27/98 RITCHIE FLOODING COUNTY WIDE.
SEVERAL ROADS UNDER WATER
INCLUDING RTES 50,16,74
AND 31. SEVERAL BACK
ROADS UNDER WATER.
0115 AM OH WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 PERRY TREES DOWN IN THORNVILLE
AND SOMERSET.Local storm report, Jun 27, 3:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
334 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0115 AM LOWELL OH FLOODING
06/27/98 WASHINGTON STATE RTE 60 NORTH OF
LOWELL IMPASSIBLE.
0115 AM LOWER SALEM OH FLOODING
06/27/98 WASHINGTON STATE RTE 821 NEAR LOWER
SALEM IMPASSIBLE
0125 AM GRANTSVILLE WV WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 CALHOUN TREES DOWN OUTSIDE OF
GRANTSVILLE ALONG RTE 16
AND RTE 5
0130 AM GLENVILLE WV WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 GILMER TREES DOWN NORTH OF
GLENVILLE ALONG RTE 5
0142 AM TESLA WV WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 BRAXTON TREES DOWN NEAR TESLA
0245 AM TANNER WV FLOODING
06/27/98 GILMER RTE 7 NEAR TANNER
IMPASSIBLE ALONG TANNER
CREEK.Local storm report, Jun 27, 3:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
334 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0115 AM LOWELL OH FLOODING
06/27/98 WASHINGTON STATE RTE 60 NORTH OF
LOWELL IMPASSIBLE.
0115 AM LOWER SALEM OH FLOODING
06/27/98 WASHINGTON STATE RTE 821 NEAR LOWER
SALEM IMPASSIBLE
0125 AM GRANTSVILLE WV WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 CALHOUN TREES DOWN OUTSIDE OF
GRANTSVILLE ALONG RTE 16
AND RTE 5
0130 AM GLENVILLE WV WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 GILMER TREES DOWN NORTH OF
GLENVILLE ALONG RTE 5
0142 AM TESLA WV WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 BRAXTON TREES DOWN NEAR TESLA
0245 AM TANNER WV FLOODING
06/27/98 GILMER RTE 7 NEAR TANNER
IMPASSIBLE ALONG TANNER
CREEK.Local storm report, Jun 27, 4:12 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
412 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1230 AM CAIRO WV FLOODING
06/27/98 RITCHIE NEAR CAIRO. OUTBUILDING
WASHED AWAY. SOME TRAILERS
WASHED DOWN BEAR OR BUKY
RUNS. SOME HOMES MOVED OFF
THEIR FOUNDATIONS.
BETWEEN 1230 AND 1 AMLocal storm report, Jun 27, 5:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
503 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1125 PM BERGOO WV WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 WEBSTER TREES DOWN IN BERGOO AND
GRASSY CREEK.The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 9:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 11:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Perry | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 12:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Perry | 66 min |
| Jun 27, 4:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Morgan | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 10:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Perry | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan | 48 min |
Nearby
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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.