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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 1990, 9:25 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 1990, 9:25 PM EDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1990, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Athens County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry 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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCMH 290126
FFWCMH
OHC073-163-009-115-127-290330-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
925 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
...HOCKING...VINTON
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
...ATHENS...MORGAN...PERRY
THESE COUNTIES CONTINUED TO REPORT FLOODING. LOCAL SPOTTERS REPORTED
HIGH WATER ON RTE. 50 FROM ALLENVILLE TO MCARTHUR IN HOCKING COUNTY.
HOCKING COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED MOST COUNTY ROADS WERE IMPASSABLE.
ROUTES 56...666..278... AND 595 WERE ALL CLOSED IN HOCKING COUNTY. IN
PERRY COUNTY SHAWNEE...HEMLOCK...AND CORNING ALL REPORTED FLOODING.
PERRY COUNTY EVACUATION CENTERS ARE AT SHAWNEE AND CORNING ELEMENTARY
SCHOOLS. IN ATHENS COUNTY RTE. 33 WAS CLOSED AROUND NELSONVILLE. ALSO
HOCKING COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED SIX FEET OF WATER IN DOWNTOWN
MURRAY CITTY.
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 WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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, 5:29 PM EDT, 3 hours 56 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, 3 hours 18 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
Special weather statement, May 28, 7:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-290100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 700 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 700 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA AREA...LOUSIA KENTUCKY AND WESTERN CARTER COUNTY KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS. NO MAJOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED BUT URBAN FLOODING IS OCCURING AROUND PROCTORVILLE OHIO AND HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA. IF YOU OBSERVE ANY WATER OVER RAODWAYS DO NOT AT-TEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS THE AREA...AND SHOULD YOUR CAR BE STRANDED IN RISING WATERS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGH GROUND. SHUFF
Special weather statement, May 28, 8:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
WVZ003-004-006-007-VAZ015-016-290300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT / FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
820 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA FOR TONIGHT...
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WEST VIRGINIA
AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
WITH THE APPROACH OF DUSK AND THE REMOVAL OF THE SUNS ENERGY THE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED. REPORTS WITH THE THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON INCLUDED...
QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN PUTNAM COUNTY
POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD IN NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY...NO DAMAGE REPORTED
PEA SIZE HAIL IN NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS IN SEVERAL WESTERN COUNTIES BUT NO REPORTS OF
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING
WHILE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED THE THREAT OF
THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVY SHOWER ACTIVITY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS REMAINS.
HEAVY RAINS CAN COMBINE WITH THE ALREADY WET GROUND IN MANY AREAS TO
CAUSE QUICK RISES AND FLOODING ON STREAMS AND CREEKS. AS A RESULT THE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
END REZEKSpecial weather statement, May 28, 8:31 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-290300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 830 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...CANCELLED FOR WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA TONIGHT... ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO TONIGHT... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER GREENUP...BOYD AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. NO MAJOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED BUT URBAN FLOODING IS OCCURING AROUND PROCTORVILLE OHIO AND HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA. IF YOU OBSERVE ANY WATER OVER RAODWAYS DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS THE AREA...AND SHOULD YOUR CAR BE STRANDED IN RISING WATERS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGH GROUND. SHUFF SHUFF
Special weather statement, May 28, 9:06 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-290400 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 910 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA TONIGHT... ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO TONIGHT... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER GREENUP...BOYD AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH ...AND MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINOVER LAWRENCE AND SCIOTO COUNTIES OF OHIO. NO MAJOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED BUT SMALL STREAM FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO. IF YOU OBSERVE ANY WATER OVER RAODWAYS DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS THE AREA...AND SHOULD YOUR CAR BE STRANDED IN RISING WATERS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGH GROUND. SHUFF SHUFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 9:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Vinton | 2 hr |
| May 29, 1:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pickaway | 116 min |
Nearby
Flash 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.