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Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS Jackson, KY

December 30, 1990Lawrence County, Ohio; Cabell County, Wayne County, West Virginia

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Dec 30, 1990, 10:42 PM EST for Lawrence County, Ohio; Cabell County, Wayne County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 30, 1990, 10:42 PM EST (03:42 UTC)
Expired
Dec 31, 1990, 2:45 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lawrence County, OH, Cabell County, WV, 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 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 9 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 00:00Z on 1990-12-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 1990-12-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -176 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
582 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-304 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 KHTS 310343
FFWHTS
OHC001-053-087-105-131-145-WVC011-099-310745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
1042 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH OHIO
          ...ADAMS...GALLIA...LAWRENCE...MEIGS...PIKE...SCIOTO
IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA
          ...CABELL...WAYNE
 
REPORTS AT 1040 PM EST INDICATE THAT SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE
ABOVE COUNTIES ARE STILL FLOODING AND THE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL
300 AM EST ON MONDAY.
 
 
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.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 30, 7:03 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLLawrence4 hr
Dec 30, 7:03 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLGallia4 hr
Dec 30, 10:42 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLAdams, Pike, Scioto4 hr
Dec 30, 10:42 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLGallia, Meigs4 hr
Dec 30, 7:03 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLWayne4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1990Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

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.