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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 1990, 6:08 AM EDT for Fairfield County, Pickaway County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1990, 6:08 AM EDT (10:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 7:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fairfield County, OH, Pickaway 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 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCMH 081015 COR
FFWCMH
OHC045-129-081115-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
608 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL OHIO
...FAIRFIELD...PICKAWAY
AT 600 AM RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY
RAIN IN A BAND FROM LANCASTER TO CIRCLEVILLE. THE STORMS WERE
REPEATEDLY MOVING OVER PICKAWAY AND FAIRFIELD COUNTIES DURING THE PAST
HALF HOUR AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
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.
$$
.-..CORRECTED WORDING IN SECOND PARAGRAPH...
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, Jun 8, 5:27 AM EDT, 41 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VA015-016-021800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 530 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORM FORECAST CENTER INDICATES THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. END
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:08 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
WVZ006>008-081100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 605 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 600 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY INDICATED THAT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD RAPIDLY DEVELOPED ALONG THE MINGO-LOGAN COUNTY BORDER ABOUT 10 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF LOGAN. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AND RADAR ALSO INDICATES THAT SMALL HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE ACROSS LOGAN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/PLATE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Licking | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 5:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Union | 68 min |
| Jun 8, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Muskingum | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 5:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Delaware, Franklin | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Union | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Delaware | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Franklin | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 7:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Union | 32 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.