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Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Dec 30, 1990, 5:59 PM EST for Gallia County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 1990, 5:59 PM EST (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 1990, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gallia County, OH
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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 482 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 463 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KHTS 302301
FFWHTS
OHC053-310200-
BULLETIN
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
559 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH OHIO
...GALLIA
SHERIFF OFFICE IN GALLIA COUNTY REPORTS RT 218 AT BAILEY CHAPPEL NEAR
THE TOWN OF MERCERVILLE IS BLOCKED WITH HIGH WATER. NUMEROUS OTHER
SMALL STREAMS ACROSS THE COUNTY ARE THREATENING TO FLOOD.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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 WAT5ER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
HATFIELDWhat 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, Dec 30, 1:05 PM EST, 4 hours 54 minutes before
KYZ008-301930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 100 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 ...A FLOOD WATCH IS EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AT 100 PM...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WAS APPROACHING THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. MANY AREAS IN KENTUCKY RECEIVED MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN FROM THIS SYSTEM AND IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY WHERE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND CREEKS AND RIVERS ARE SWOLLEN FLOODING WILL POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREA...YOU SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSLY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF RISING WATER IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNI0NG IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. ADDINGTON
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 2:14 PM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
KYZ008-302030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 210 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 ...A FLOOD WATCH IS EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AT 200 PM...AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED INTO THE NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN WAS FROM JACKSON COUNTY...25 MILES WEST OF JACKSON THROUGH LEE AND WOLFE TO MORGAN COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COALFIELDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THIS RAIN SPREADS OVER THE REGION. IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREA...YOU SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSLY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND eIF RISING WATER IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 5:12 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Lawrence | 4 hr |
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.