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Flash Flood Warning 152, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Dec 30, 1990, 3:31 PM EST for Athens County, Hocking County, Vinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 1990, 3:31 PM EST (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 1990, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Athens County, OH, 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 KCMH 302031
FFWCMH
OHC073-163-009-115-310030-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
331 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
...HOCKING...VINTON
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
...ATHENS...MORGAN
AT 325 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF
RAIN OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO. HEAVIER RAIN WAS INDICATED
OVER ATHENS...MORGAN...AND VINTON COUNTIES...WITH LIGHT RAIN OVER
HOCKING COUNTY. PERIODS OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...CAN BE EXPECTED
OVER ALL OF THESE COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND EARLY
TONIGHT. SOME MINOR FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED...AND
ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CAUSE MORE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY NEAR STREAMS AND
IN LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR ON ROADS
NEAR STREAMS.
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.
GROH
NWhat 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, 1:23 PM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-301815 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 115 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 AT 115 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE OHIO RIVER FROM PARKERSBURG SOUTHWEST TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH AND WERE PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING QUICKLY BUT STILL COULD CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AND ON ROADWAYS. BE ALERT TO APPROACHING WEATHER AND KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR RISING WATER. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS AS YOUR VEHICLE COULD BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE FORCE OF EVEN SHALLOW WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/JMH WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/JMH
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 1:27 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VAZ015-016-302100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 125 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CROSS THE OHIO RIVER INTO WEST VIRGINIA... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER AT 115 PM INTO WEST VIRGINIA FROM WAYNE COUNTY TO HUNTINGTON TO PARKERSBURG. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN MASON COUNTY 10 MILES WEST OF RIPLEY AND IN NORTHERN CABELL COUNTY ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA FROM HURRICANE AND ST ALBANS TO GLENVILLE TO CLARKSBURG BY 215 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AMD 50 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL. THE MOVEMENT OF THE LINE WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. MOVEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE LINE WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. A FLOOD WATCH FOR STREAMS AND CREEKS IS ALSO IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. END/REA
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 2:20 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
KYZ006-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-302115 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 215 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 ...FLOOD WARNINGS FOR ADAMS...JACKSON...PIKE...SCIOTO...COUNTIES OF OHIO HAS EXPIRED... AT 210 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM CLARKSBURG WEST VIRGINIA TO NEAR WILLIAMSON KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH AND ARE PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING QUICKLY BUT COULD STILL CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS ALONG SMALL STREAMS CREEKS AND ON ROADWAYS. AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ARE SCATTERED ACROSS THE MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY. THIS RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO ADD TO THE PROBLEMS OF RISING STREAMS DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUND. BE ALERT TO APPROACHING WEATHER AND KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR RISING WATER. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS AS YOUR VEHICLE COULD BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE FORCE OF EVEN SHALOLOW WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HATFIELD
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 2:27 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VAZ015-016-302200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 225 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA... AT 215 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CHARLESTON INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES WEST OF WILLIAMSON TO JUST WEST OF CHARLESTON TO SPENCER TO THE GLENVILLE AREA. THE STORMS ARE JUST AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT SWEEPING THROUGH THE REGION. THEY WILL MOVE TO A LINE FROM WILLIAMSON TO CHARLESTON TO MORGANTOWN BETWEEN 230 AND 300 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AMD 50 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL. SHORT DURATION HEAVY RAINS WERE REPORTED IN MANY AREAS AS THE LINE MOVED THROUGH. THE MOVEMENT OF THE LINE WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. MOVEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. A FLOOD WATCH FOR STREAMS AND CREEKS IS ALSO IN EFFEC`T THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. END/REA
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 3:19 PM EST, 12 minutes before
WVZ006>008-302100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 320 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 ...FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 315
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 3:24 PM EST, 7 minutes before
WVZ006>008-302100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 320 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 ...FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 315 WEATHER RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM SUTTON IN BRAXTON COUNTY TO NEAR GAULEY BRIDGE IN FAYETTE COUNTY ON INTO BOONE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN KANAWAHA COUNTY NORTHEAST INTO CLAY COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD AT AROUND 40 MPH AND COULD PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. SOME MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND RAODWAYS MAY ALSO OCCURE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/BRAMBLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 3:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Delaware, Marion, Union | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 6:20 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Madison | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 7:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Delaware, Marion, Union | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 8:27 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Franklin, Licking, Pickaway | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:22 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Madison | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:41 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Muskingum | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:41 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Delaware, Marion, Union | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:41 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fairfield | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 11:34 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Franklin, Licking, Pickaway | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 11:34 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Ross | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 11:34 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Perry | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Hocking, Vinton | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Morgan | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:40 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette | 2 hr |
| Dec 30, 1:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Madison, Pickaway, Ross | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 1:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Delaware, Marion, Union | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 1:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fairfield, Licking, Muskingum, Perry | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 1:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Franklin | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:31 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Morgan | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 5:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Franklin, Madison, Pickaway, Union | 12 hr |
| Dec 30, 5:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Delaware, Marion | 12 hr |
| Dec 30, 5:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Licking, Muskingum, Perry | 12 hr |
| Dec 30, 5:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Ross | 12 hr |
| Dec 30, 5:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fairfield | 12 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.