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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Charleston, WV

June 8, 1990Franklin County, Licking County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 1990, 10:28 PM EDT for Franklin County, Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1990, 10:28 PM EDT (02:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1990, 2:30 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, OH, Licking 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 125 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1990-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2996 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1990-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2996 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1027 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCMH 090230
FFWCMH
OHC049-089-090630-

BULLETIN -EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  COLUMBUS OH
1028 PM EDT FRI JUN 08 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A SMALL
STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN CENTRAL OHIO
          FRANKLIN AND LICKING

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL OHIO THIS EVENING HAVE PRODUCED
RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES.  RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
TONIGHT AS MORE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP.  THE GROUND IS COMPLETELY
SATURATED AND CANNOT HOLD ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN.  PONDING OF WATER AND
OVERRUNNING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPATH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

RH

What 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, 5:36 PM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VAZ013>016-KYZ006-008-OHZ007-009-082300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
545 PM EDT FRI JUN 08 1990

...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM
EDT...

DO NOT USE AFTER 7PM...

AT 535 PM THE CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN
OHIO FROM COLUMBUS TO ZANESVILLE TO JUST WEST OF WHEELING WEST
VIRGINIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES
OF WEST VIRGINIA AT THE PRESENT TIME. HOWEVER..THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM
DURING THE FEW HOURS IN THE WATCH AREA. WHEN THESE THUNDERSTORMS
FORM...THEY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING
WINDS AND HAIL.

END/ORCHANIAN
Local storm report, Jun 8, 5:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
550 PM EDT FRI JUN 08 1990

STORM REPORT FOR EVENT FRIDAY MORNING JUNE 8, 1990

640..SVR TSTM WARNING FOR PUTNAM TIL 745
645..PEA SIZE HAIL KANAWHA CO - ST ALBANS
645..DIME SIZE HAIL PUTNAM CO - POCA
650..PEA SIZE HAIL PUTNAM CO - WINFIELD
705..SVR TSTM WARNING FOR KANAWHA AND ROANE TIL 800
705..PEA SIZE HAIL KANAWHA CO - FRAME
706..DIME SIZE HAIL RAONE CO - GANDEEVILLE
715..DIME SIZE HAIL KANAWHA CO - KANAWHA CITY
715..QUARTER SIZE HAIL KANAHWA CO - KANAWHA CITY
723..PEA SIZE HAIL KANAWHA CO - BLUE CREEK
745..PEA SIZE HAIL RITCHIE CO - HARRISVILLE
750..DIME SIZE HAIL CLAY CO - BICKMORE
756..SVR TSTM WARNING FOR NICHOLAS CO TIL 900
757..SVR TSTM WARNING FOR FAYETTE CO TIL 900
800..MARBLE SIZE HAIL NICHOLAS CO - MT LOOKOUT
810..DIME SIZE HAIL KANAWHA CO - SISSONVILLE
814..SEVERE TSTM WARNING FOR MONONGALIA AND MARIAN TIL 915
815..PEA SIZE HAIL MONONGALIA CO - BLACKSVILLE
815..PEA SIZE NICHOLAS CO - CARL
815..BLUEBERRY SIZE MONONGALIA CO - WADESVILLE
815..MARBLE SIZE MARION CO - WHITE HALL
820..PEA SIZE NICHOLAS CO - MUDDLETY
823..SVR TSTM WARNING GREENBRIER TIL 930
830..PEA SIZE HAIL MONONGALIA CO - WADESVILLE
830..MOTHBALL SIZE MONONGALIA CO - ARNETTSVILLE
830..MARBLE SIZE HAIL MARION CO - MEADOWDALE
842..SVR TSTM WARNING PRESTON AND TAYLOR TIL 1015
845..PEA SIZE HAIL NICHOLAS CO - RICHWOOD
900..NICKEL SIZE HAIL PRESTON CO - KINGWOOD
904..SVR TSTM WARNIN2G SUMMERS TIL 945

END AAR
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:22 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VAZ015>016-0HZ006-007-009-090200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
720 PM EDT FRI JUN 08 1990

...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM
EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF
WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM. DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN RUMBLING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OHIO FROM
WEST TO EAST. SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN ACCOMPANYING MANY OF THESE
STORMS...INCLUDING SEVERAL TORNADOES. THE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING
TO THE EAST AT AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR.

NO THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN WEST VIRGINIA FOR THE PAST
SEVERAL HOURS...EXCEPT IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE. SATELLITE PICTURES
AND RADAR REPORTS INDICATE THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN
HALF OF OHIO AND ALONG THE OHIO RIVER FROM NEAR LOUISVILLE TO THE WEST
AND SOUTHWEST THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH WESTSERN PORTIONS OF
PENNSYLVANIA.

AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE ONLY AREA OF WEST VIRGINIA THAT
MAY SEE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS IS IN THE
NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND THOSE COUNTIES BORDERING THE PENNSYLVANIA
BORDER.

THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM FURTHER SOUTH IN WEST VIRGINIA
WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ANY STORMS THAT FORM WILL HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN.

END/PCZ
Local storm report, Jun 8, 7:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
WVZ006>008-090300

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
730 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990

WOAY-TELEVISION WEATHER FORECASTER REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL IN ANSTED...
NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY...AROUND 8 AM THIS MORNING.

END/CGF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLicking61 min
Jun 8, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFranklin66 min
Jun 8, 8:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDelaware, Union3 hr
Jun 8, 9:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDelaware67 min
Jun 8, 9:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMuskingum61 min
Jun 8, 10:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFairfield, Franklin67 min
Jun 8, 11:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMadison56 min
Jun 9, 4:25 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMuskingum, Perry3 hr
Jun 9, 4:25 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXFairfield3 hr
Jun 9, 6:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDelaware, Licking3 hr
Jun 9, 6:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXUnion3 hr
Jun 9, 9:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLicking4 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.