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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Wakefield, VA

November 23, 1992Rockbridge County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Nov 23, 1992, 12:52 AM EST for Rockbridge County, Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 23, 1992, 12:52 AM EST (05:52 UTC)
Expired
Nov 23, 1992, 4:00 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

County Rockbridge County, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 197 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 1992-11-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 576 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 1992-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 274 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
576 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
354 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 23, 12:14 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningAKQNelson46 min
Nov 23, 12:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQNelson46 min

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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.