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Flash Flood Warning 99, NWS Charleston, WV

June 27, 1998Tyler County, West Virginia; Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 1998, 11:30 PM EDT for Tyler County, West Virginia; 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, 11:30 PM EDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1998, 2:30 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Washington County, OH, Tyler County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 1998-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2378 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 1998-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1345 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
11.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 280331
FFWCRW
OHC167-WVC095-280630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1130 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY OH IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO.
  TYLER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

* UNTIL 230 AM EDT.

* AT 11:25 PM ...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER NOBLE AND MONROE COUNTIES IN
  OHIO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MILES MPH..

* THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM EARLIER RAINFALL AND
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WILL BEGIN FLOODING

<<<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/PCZ

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, 8:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
835 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0830 PM    MARIETTA                  OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   WASHINGTON                     TREES DOWN.
Local storm report, Jun 27, 9:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
IN MARIETTA                  OH, BETWEEN  8:19 PM AND  8:34 PM,
THE WIND WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN TREES.
b
Local storm report, Jun 27, 9:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
IN DAVISVILLE                WV, BETWEEN  8:31 PM AND  8:46 PM,
THE WIND WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN TREES.
b

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IN ELIZABETH                 WV, BETWEEN  8:45 PM AND  9:00 PM,
HAIL THE SIZE OF MARBLES WAS REPORTED.
b
Local storm report, Jun 27, 10:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
IN JANE LEW                  WV, BETWEEN  9:43 PM AND  9:58 PM,
THE WIND WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN TREES.
b
Local storm report, Jun 27, 10:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1006 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0958 PM    JANE LEW                  WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   LEWIS                          TREES DOWN.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0943 PM  AND  0958 PM
Local storm report, Jun 27, 10:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1006 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0958 PM    JANE LEW                  WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   LEWIS                          TREES DOWN.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0943 PM  AND  0958 PM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants, Wood35 min
Jun 27, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXTyler34 min
Jun 27, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRitchie, Wirt33 min
Jun 27, 8:55 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXTyler35 min
Jun 27, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun, Gilmer48 min
Jun 27, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Roane48 min
Jun 27, 9:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge50 min
Jun 27, 9:17 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXDoddridge18 min
Jun 27, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXHarrison, Lewis50 min
Jun 27, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton50 min
Jun 27, 9:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay36 min
Jun 27, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXNicholas, Webster48 min
Jun 27, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXUpshur48 min
Jun 27, 9:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour, Taylor32 min
Jun 27, 9:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph33 min
Jun 28, 12:57 AM EDTTornado WarningRLXWirt33 min
Jun 28, 1:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants, Ritchie3 hr
Jun 28, 1:13 AM EDTTornado WarningRLXRoane32 min
Jun 28, 2:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWood31 min
Jun 28, 2:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Ritchie, Tyler4 hr
Jun 28, 2:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants4 hr
Jun 28, 3:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWood4 hr
Jun 28, 3:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWirt3 hr
Jun 28, 4:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCalhoun3 hr
Jun 28, 4:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Roane35 min
Jun 28, 4:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXHarrison, Lewis2 hr
Jun 28, 4:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGilmer2 hr
Jun 28, 4:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton35 min
Jun 28, 4:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXNicholas, Webster41 min
Jun 28, 6:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson5 hr
Jun 28, 6:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXClay, Kanawha, Roane5 hr
Jun 28, 6:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Tyler5 hr
Jun 28, 6:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants5 hr
Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWood4 hr
Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWood4 hr
Jun 28, 7:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXNicholas3 hr
Jun 28, 7:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXNicholas3 hr
Jun 28, 8:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWirt3 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWood5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Roane, Wirt5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXClay, Kanawha5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants, Tyler5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Tyler5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXClay, Jackson, Kanawha, Roane, Wirt5 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants, Wood5 hr
Jun 28, 5:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants, Wood5 hr
Jun 28, 5:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Kanawha5 hr
Jun 28, 6:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRoane3 hr
Jun 27, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWashington47 min
Jun 27, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens34 min
Jun 28, 12:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWashington33 min
Jun 28, 2:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWashington31 min
Jun 28, 4:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPerry2 hr
Jun 28, 5:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens100 min
Jun 28, 5:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMeigs69 min
Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPerry4 hr
Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPerry4 hr
Jun 28, 7:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWashington4 hr
Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPerry5 hr
Jun 28, 5:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPerry5 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1998Flash 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.