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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Charleston, WV

March 4, 1993Lewis County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Mar 4, 1993, 7:33 AM EST for Lewis County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 1993, 7:33 AM EST (12:33 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 1993, 10:30 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Lewis County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1993-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1993-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 247 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEKN 041233
FFWEKN
WVC041-041530-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
733 AM EST THU MAR 4 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...LEWIS COUNTY
 
OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAS BROUGHT SOME SMALL STREAMS UP ACROSS LEWIS
COUNTY. WEATHER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW RAIN OVER THIS COUNTY. PONDING
WATER IS LIKELY ALONG HIGHWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
 
SMALL STREAMS ACROSS RANDOLPH...UPHSUR...HARRISON...BARBOUR...TAYLOR
MARION...MONONGALIA...PRESTON AND TUCKER COUNTIES OF NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. FLOODING TO POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS
POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION.
 
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 CAzUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
END
 
GILKERSON
 
 
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 8:04 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Gilmer3 hr
Mar 4, 8:06 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXHarrison, Marion3 hr
Mar 4, 8:11 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXCalhoun3 hr
Mar 4, 9:17 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXWirt3 hr
Mar 4, 9:17 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXTyler3 hr
Mar 4, 9:25 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXGrant, Hardy, Pendleton3 hr
Mar 4, 9:25 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXHampshire, Mineral3 hr
Mar 4, 10:07 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXRoane4 hr
Mar 4, 10:29 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXHarrison, Lewis3 hr
Mar 4, 10:29 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXPutnam4 hr
Mar 4, 10:36 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Wood3 hr
Mar 4, 11:02 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXGrant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton3 hr
Mar 4, 11:13 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXCalhoun, Gilmer4 hr
Mar 4, 11:13 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge4 hr
Mar 4, 12:06 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXWirt4 hr
Mar 4, 12:06 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXTyler4 hr
Mar 4, 12:31 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXRaleigh4 hr
Mar 4, 2:21 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Putnam3 hr
Mar 4, 2:21 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXWood3 hr
Mar 4, 2:21 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXHampshire, Hardy, Mineral3 hr
Mar 4, 4:16 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Tyler4 hr
Mar 4, 5:48 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXCalhoun, Gilmer4 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.