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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 1990, 6:51 PM EDT for Hocking County, Vinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 1990, 6:51 PM EDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1990, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hocking County, OH, Vinton 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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 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 KCMH 282253
FFWCMH
OHC073-163-009-115-127-290100-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
651 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
...HOCKING...VINTON
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
...ATHENS...MORGAN...PERRY
AT 645 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY
RAIN WHICH WERE CONTINUALLY MOVING OVER SOUTHEAST OHIO. LOCAL POLICE
REPORTED THAT NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WERE FLOODING. ROUTE
33 FROM LOGAN TO ATHENS HAD HIGH WATER ON THE ROAD. ROUTE 56 IN
HOCKING COUNTY HAD 2 TO 3 FEET OF STANDING WATER. ROUTES
356...328...AND 56 WERE CLOSED IN VINTON COUNTY.
RADR SHOWED THESE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVING OVER THIS AREA TO
THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH.
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.
HOLMESWhat 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, May 28, 3:10 PM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-290000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 310 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN EASTERN KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 310 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA AND IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS APPROACHING THE TRI STATE FROM FARTHER WEST AND WILL SOON BE AFFECTING THE AREA. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHING SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY PREFERABLY IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES AND HAIL AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THE SITUATION. HAHRRISON
Special weather statement, May 28, 4:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-290000 SPECIALWEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 415 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 415 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE HUNTINGTON ASHLAND IRONTON AREA...WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS OVER CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA AND ACROSS CENTRAL GREENUP...CENTRAL CARTER...AND CENTRAL ELLIOTT COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY MOVING NORTHEAST. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHING SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY PREFERABLY IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES AND HAIL AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THE SITUATION. SHUFF
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-290000 SPECIALWEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 515 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 415 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG LIGHTNING AND PEA SIZE HAIL ON A LINE FRON CROWN CITY OHIO TO EAST HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA TO LOUISA KENTUCKY MOVING EAST NEAR 20 MPH. SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING IS OCCURING IN SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO...AND EAST HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VURGINIA FOR THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A SMALL STREAM OR CREEK...WATCH FOR RISING WATER AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. SHUFF
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
WVZ006>007-282200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 525 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 520 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MCDOWELL...WYOMING...AND LOGAN COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO BOONE...RALEIGH...AND MERCER COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN..AND DEADLY LIGHTING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THE HEAVER RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEREOUS WEATHER SITUATION. CALCATERRA
Special weather statement, May 28, 6:07 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-290000 SPECIALWEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 600 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 600 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A MEANDERING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH SOUTHEAST OHIO...WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND EXTREME EASTERN KENTUCKY. MANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN RESULTING IN SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING AS WELL AS PEA SIZE HAIL. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN MARTIN COUNTY KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS IF A STORM APPROACHES. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A STREAM OR IN A LOW LYING AREA WATCH FOR RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADION FOR LATER STATEMENT. HARRISON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 6:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Morgan, Perry | 2 hr |
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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.