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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Jackson, KY

August 22, 1990Wayne County, West Virginia

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 1990, 1:58 PM EDT for Wayne County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 22, 1990, 1:58 PM EDT (17:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 1990, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, WV

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 26 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1990-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 117 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1990-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KHTS 221801
FFWHTS
WVC099-222200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
158 PM EDT WED AUG 22 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA
          ...CENTRAL WAYNE
 
AT 155PM THIS AFTERNOON THE WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED
FLOODING ALONG CAMP CREEK JUST SOUTH OF EAST LYNN LAKE. RADAR SHOWED A
LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY AT THIS
TIME AND MORE HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY TO CREATE RISES ABOVE BANKFULL ON
OTHER STREAMS AND CREEKS IN CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT FEW
HOURS.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
END/DG

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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.