Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 9, 1994, 3:33 AM EST for Meigs County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 9, 1994, 3:33 AM EST (08:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 9, 1994, 7:30 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Meigs County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 409 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 481 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHTS 090833 FFWHTS OHC105-091230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 333 AM EST WED FEB 9 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH OHIO ...MEIGS COUNTY AT 330 AM EST STATE GARAGE AND SHERIFF OFFICE IN MEIGS COUNTY REPORT THE CLOSING OF SECTIONS OF ROUTE 143, ROUTE 124, AND ROUTE 681 DUE TO HIGH WATER. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPINGt ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. &
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, Feb 8, 11:13 PM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-090515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 1113 PM EST TUE FEB 8 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADED TOWARD SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 11 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR LOUISA...50 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON,,,TO ABOUT 80 MILES WEST OF JACKSON....OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONDON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE JACKSON AREA BY 1130 PM EST...THEN WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE COALFIELDS TO NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER BY 200 AM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE SOME MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT CLOUD. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN EVEN THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM IS NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. SMITH
Special weather statement, Feb 8, 11:14 PM EST, 4 hours 19 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-090515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 1113 PM EST TUE FEB 8 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADED TOWARD SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 11 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR LOUISA...50 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON,,,TO ABOUT 80 MILES WEST OF JACKSON....OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONDON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE JACKSON AREA BY 1130 PM EST...THEN WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE COALFIELDS TO NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER BY 200 AM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE SOME MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT CLOUD. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN EVEN THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM IS NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. SMITH
Special weather statement, Feb 8, 11:36 PM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-090540- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 1136 PM EST TUE FEB 8 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE JACKSON AREA... AT 1120 PM...RADAR SHOWED A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE JACKSON AREA OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR LOUISA...50 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON...TO 60 MILES WEST OF JACKSON...OR 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONDON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE JACKSON AREA BY 1145 PM...THEN WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE COALFIELDS TO NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER BY 200 AM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. IN THE AREAS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS MAY BE POSSIBLE. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND REMAIN INSIDE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...YOU SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS OBSERVED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SMITH
Special weather statement, Feb 8, 11:37 PM EST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-090540- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 1136 PM EST TUE FEB 8 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE JACKSON AREA... AT 1120 PM...RADAR SHOWED A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE JACKSON AREA OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR LOUISA...50 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON...TO 60 MILES WEST OF JACKSON...OR 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONDON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE JACKSON AREA BY 1145 PM...THEN WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE COALFIELDS TO NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER BY 200 AM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. IN THE AREAS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS MAY BE POSSIBLE. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND REMAIN INSIDE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...YOU SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS OBSERVED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SMITH
Local storm report, Feb 9, 1:54 AM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
^SDFLSRJKL
PRELIMINARLY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
155 AM EST WED FEB 9 1994
COUNTY TIME EVENT
JACKSON 1205-1210 COUNTY DES DIRECTOR REPORTED TREES AND POWER
AM EST LINES DOWN IN MCKEE.
PERRYLocal storm report, Feb 9, 1:55 AM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
^SDFLSRJKL
PRELIMINARLY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
155 AM EST WED FEB 9 1994
COUNTY TIME EVENT
JACKSON 1205-1210 COUNTY DES DIRECTOR REPORTED TREES AND POWER
AM EST LINES DOWN IN MCKEE.
PERRYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 3:22 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Gallia | 4 hr |
| Feb 9, 11:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Gallia, Meigs | 112 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.