Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 1993, 11:15 PM EDT for Fairfield County, Franklin County, Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1993, 11:15 PM EDT (03:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1993, 2:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fairfield County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Licking County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 998 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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
Local storm report, Jul 1, 10:24 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
WVZ002-009-012-020400-
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1030 PM EDT THU JUL 01 1993
TIME PLACE
EDT COUNTY REMARKS
1800 ALUM CREEK QUARTER SIZE HAIL.H
KANAWHA CO.
1830 CABIN CREEK TWO TREES BLOWN DOWN.
KANAWHA CO.
NOTE...THIS SUMMARY IS NOT FOR ALL OF WEST VIRGINIA.
END / PCZSpecial weather statement, Jul 1, 10:28 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-020500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1030 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST AND WEST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE SOUTHWEST COAL FIELDS THROUGH 11PM... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND THE GREENBRIER VALLEY OF WEST VIRGINIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 1025 PM...SHOWERS AND WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST LOWLANDS...GENERALLY SOUTH OF PARKERSBURG AND CLARKSBURG...AND WEST OF SUTTON AND BECKLEY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS BEING REPORTED...AND SO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH 2AM. THROUGH 2AM...SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PUSH OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST LOWLANDS AND INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND GREENBRIER VALLEY. THE RAIN WILL AFFECT AREAS SUCH AS BECKLEY...WEBSTER SPRINGS... SUMMERSVILLE...AND LEWISBURG. MUCH OF THE NORTH CENTRAL COUNTIES AND THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WILL STAY DRY THROUGH 2AM. THIS WOULD INCLUDE AREAS SUCH AS MORGANTOWN...CLARKSBURG...ELKINS...AND WEST UNION. THE RAIN IS NOT OVER HOWEVER. MORE RAIN WILL APPROACH THE NORTHWEST AND WEST FROM PARKERSBURG TO HUNTINGTON AROURND 2AM. LEWIS
Local storm report, Jul 1, 10:30 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
WVZ002-009-012-020400-
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1030 PM EDT THU JUL 01 1993
TIME PLACE
EDT COUNTY REMARKS
1800 ALUM CREEK QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
KANAWHA CO.
1830 CABIN CREEK TWO TREES BLOWN DOWN.
KANAWHA CO.
NOTE...THIS SUMMARY IS NOT FOR ALL OF WEST VIRGINIA.
END / PCZSpecial weather statement, Jul 1, 10:30 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-020500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1030 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST AND WEST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE SOUTHWEST COAL FIELDS THROUGH 11PM... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND THE GREENBRIER VALLEY OF WEST VIRGINIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 1025 PM...SHOWERS AND WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST LOWLANDS...GENERALLY SOUTH OF PARKERSBURG AND CLARKSBURG...AND WEST OF SUTTON AND BECKLEY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS BEING REPORTED...AND SO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH 2AM. THROUGH 2AM...SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PUSH OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST LOWLANDS AND INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND GREENBRIER VALLEY. THE RAIN WILL AFFECT AREAS SUCH AS BECKLEY...WEBSTER SPRINGS... SUMMERSVILLE...AND LEWISBURG. MUCH OF THE NORTH CENTRAL COUNTIES AND THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WILL STAY DRY THROUGH 2AM. THIS WOULD INCLUDE AREAS SUCH AS MORGANTOWN...CLARKSBURG...ELKINS...AND WEST UNION. THE RAIN IS NOT OVER HOWEVER. MORE RAIN WILL APPROACH THE NORTHWEST AND WEST FROM PARKERSBURG TO HUNTINGTON AROUND 2AM. LEWIS
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 11:00 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VAZ015-016-020500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1100 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH # 562 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE SOUTHWEST COAL FIELDS OF WEST VIRGINIA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 563 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF VIRGINIA... AS OF 11 PM EDT THERE ARE NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR ANY PART OF THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. END/ORCHANIAN
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 11:02 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VAZ015-016-020500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1100 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH # 562 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE SOUTHWEST COAL FIELDS OF WEST VIRGINIA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 563 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF VIRGINIA... AS OF 11 PM EDT THERE ARE NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR ANY PART OF THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. END/ORCHANIAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 10:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Franklin | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 11:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Licking | 56 min |
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.