Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jan 7, 1994, 8:12 AM EST for Cabell County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 1994, 8:12 AM EST (13:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 1994, 11:15 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cabell County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHTS 071312 FFWHTS WVC011-071615- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 812 AM EST FRI JAN 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA ...CABELL COUNTY AT 805 AM EST THE SHERIFF IN CABELL COUNTY HAS RECEIVED REPORTS OF FLOODING ON CHARLEYS CREEK. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SXMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. &
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, Jan 7, 4:44 AM EST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-071145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 444 AM EST FRI JAN 7 1994 ...OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE COALFIELDS... AT 440 AM EST...RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER JACKSON...LEE AND OWSLEY COUNTIES JUST TO THE WEST OF JACKSON. ALL OF THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RAIN...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...ESPECIALLY TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF JACKSON. THE RAIN WILL COMBINE WITH MELTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE SOME AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE THIS MORNING. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREA YOU SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. IF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SMITH
Special weather statement, Jan 7, 4:46 AM EST, 3 hours 26 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-071145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 444 AM EST FRI JAN 7 1994 ...OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE COALFIELDS... AT 440 AM EST...RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER JACKSON...LEE AND OWSLEY COUNTIES JUST TO THE WEST OF JACKSON. ALL OF THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RAIN...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...ESPECIALLY TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF JACKSON. THE RAIN WILL COMBINE WITH MELTING SNOW AND MAY SOME AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE THIS MORNING. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREA YOU SHOULD 4MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. IF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SMITH
Special weather statement, Jan 7, 4:49 AM EST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-071145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 444 AM EST FRI JAN 7 1994 ...OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE COALFIELDS... AT 440 AM EST...RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER JACKSON...LEE AND OWSLEY COUNTIES JUST TO THE WEST OF JACKSON. ALL OF THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RAIN...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...ESPECIALLY TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF JACKSON. THE RAIN WILL COMBINE WITH MELTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE SOME AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE THIS MORNING. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING OR FLOOD 8PRONE AREA YOU SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. IF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SMITH
Special weather statement, Jan 7, 5:55 AM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-071300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 555 AM EST FRI JAN 7 1994 ...OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE COALFIELDS... AT 550 AM EST...RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON..MAINLY FROM THE MANCHESTER AREA OF CLAY COUNTY...NORTH INTO JACKSON COUNTY. ALL OF THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RAIN...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE RAIN WILL COMBINE WITH MELTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE SOME AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE THIS MORNING. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREA YOU SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. IF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SMITH
Special weather statement, Jan 7, 5:57 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-071300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 555 AM EST FRI JAN 7 1994 ...OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE COALFIELDS... AT 550 AM EST...RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON..MAINLY FROM THE MANCHESTER AREA OF CLAY COUNTY...NORTH INTO JACKSON COUNTY. ALL OF THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RAIN...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE RAIN WILL COMBINE WITH MELTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE SOME AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE THIS MORNING. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREA YOU SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. IF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 7:57 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:20 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Cabell, Wayne | 115 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994
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.