Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1999

Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV

January 21, 1999Calhoun County, Gilmer County, Lewis County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jan 21, 1999, 7:55 PM EST for Calhoun County, Gilmer County, Lewis County, West Virginia. 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 21, 1999, 7:55 PM EST (00:55 UTC)
Expired: Jan 22, 1999, 12:00 AM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

Counties Calhoun County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Lewis County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 197 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 220054
FFWCRW
WVC013-021-041-097-220500-

BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
755 PM EST THU JAN 21 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN...
  CALHOUN COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA.
  GILMER COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA.
  LEWIS COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA.
  UPSHUR COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA.

* UNTIL 1200 AM EST.

* AT 745 PM...AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAS
  FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA.  RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WAS CAUSING
  STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE AND SOME MINOR FLOODING WAS OCCURRING.


* ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA TODAY. SHOWERS
  AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THESE
  COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED RAINFALL
  OF UP TO AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOME LOCATIONS. THIS WILL
  CAUSE MANY SMALL STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.

<<<CALL TO ACTION>>>BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT JIS
HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGER OF FLOODING.

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

Special weather statement, Jan 21, 4:00 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before

WVZ009-017>019-028-029-220259-
CALHOUN WV-GILMER WV-RITCHIE WV-BRAXTON WV-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
400 PM EST THU JAN 21 1999

A SHARP RISE ON THE LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT FROM
GLENVILLE ON DOWN THROUGH GRANTSVILLE...ELIZABETH...TO PARKERSBURG.

RAINS OF AN INCH TO NEARLY AN INCH AND A HALF FELL DURING THE DAY ON
THURSDAY.

THE RIVER WILL RISE TO NEAR THREE QUARTER BANKFULL LATE TONIGHT
IN THE GLENVILLE REACH...AND BY FRIDAY FOR THE LOWER REACH OF
THE RIVER IN WIRT AND WOOD COUNTIES.

NO RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED FROM THURSDAYS RAIN.  SMALL STREAMS
FLOWING INTO THE LITTLE KANAWHA MAY BACK UP DUE TO THE SHARP RISE.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR RIVERS FRIDAY AND THIS
WEEKEND...FOR ANY ADDITIONAL RAINS.

.END / KTB

Special weather statement, Jan 21, 4:00 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before

WVZ009-017>019-028-029-220259-
CALHOUN WV-GILMER WV-RITCHIE WV-BRAXTON WV-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
400 PM EST THU JAN 21 1999

A SHARP RISE ON THE LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT FROM
GLENVILLE ON DOWN THROUGH GRANTSVILLE...ELIZABETH...TO PARKERSBURG.

RAINS OF AN INCH TO NEARLY AN INCH AND A HALF FELL DURING THE DAY ON
THURSDAY.

THE RIVER WILL RISE TO NEAR THREE QUARTER BANKFULL LATE TONIGHT
IN THE GLENVILLE REACH...AND BY FRIDAY FOR THE LOWER REACH OF
THE RIVER IN WIRT AND WOOD COUNTIES.

NO RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED FROM THURSDAYS RAIN.  SMALL STREAMS
FLOWING INTO THE LITTLE KANAWHA MAY BACK UP DUE TO THE SHARP RISE.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR RIVERS FRIDAY AND THIS
WEEKEND...FOR ANY ADDITIONAL RAINS.

.END / KTB

Special weather statement, Jan 21, 4:00 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before

WVZ009-017>019-028-029-220259-
CALHOUN WV-GILMER WV-RITCHIE WV-BRAXTON WV-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
400 PM EST THU JAN 21 1999

A SHARP RISE ON THE LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT FROM
GLENVILLE ON DOWN THROUGH GRANTSVILLE...ELIZABETH...TO PARKERSBURG.

RAINS OF AN INCH TO NEARLY AN INCH AND A HALF FELL DURING THE DAY ON
THURSDAY.

THE RIVER WILL RISE TO NEAR THREE QUARTER BANKFULL LATE TONIGHT
IN THE GLENVILLE REACH...AND BY FRIDAY FOR THE LOWER REACH OF
THE RIVER IN WIRT AND WOOD COUNTIES.

NO RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED FROM THURSDAYS RAIN.  SMALL STREAMS
FLOWING INTO THE LITTLE KANAWHA MAY BACK UP DUE TO THE SHARP RISE.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR RIVERS FRIDAY AND THIS
WEEKEND...FOR ANY ADDITIONAL RAINS.

.END / KTB

Local storm report, Jan 21, 5:29 PM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
529 PM EST THU JAN 21 1999

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

0435 PM    CHESAPEAKE                OH   1.25 INCH HAIL
01/21/99   LAWRENCE

0438 PM    LESAGE                    WV   .5 INCH HAIL
01/21/99   CABELL

Local storm report, Jan 21, 5:29 PM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
529 PM EST THU JAN 21 1999

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

0435 PM    CHESAPEAKE                OH   1.25 INCH HAIL
01/21/99   LAWRENCE

0438 PM    LESAGE                    WV   .5 INCH HAIL
01/21/99   CABELL

Special weather statement, Jan 21, 5:45 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before

WVZ007-008-016-018-028>030-039-047-OHZ086-220300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
545 PM EST THU JAN 21 1999

...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON.  RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AS MUCH AS TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL
ACROSS PARTS OF THIS AREA.

MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS...INCLUDING SOME ROADS...HAS BEEN
REPORTED.  THIS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE EVENING. STREAMS
AND CREEKS MAY RISE TO OR REMAIN NEAR BANKFULL.  HOWEVER SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE EVENING.

.END/ELW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 21, 7:16 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Roane, Wirt	5 hr
Jan 21, 7:55 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Upshur	4 hr
Jan 22, 12:44 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour, Upshur	3 hr
Jan 22, 3:38 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour, Upshur	6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1999 Every flash flood warning in 1999

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.