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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Jackson, KY

January 28, 1994Gallia County, Ohio

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jan 28, 1994, 4:13 AM EST for Gallia County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 28, 1994, 4:13 AM EST (09:13 UTC)
Expired
Jan 28, 1994, 7:15 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Gallia County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 53 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1994-01-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1994-01-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 313 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
565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
313 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
350 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 KHTS 280916
FFWHTS
OHC053-281215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
413 AM EST FRI JAN 28 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTH OHIO
 
   ...GALLIA COUNTY
 
AT 410 AM EST SHERIFFS OFFICE IN GALLIA COUNTY REPORTED WATER OVER
ROADWAYS AND CLOSED ON STATE ROUTE 850, STATE ROUTE 325 NORTH OF RIO
GRANDE AND STATE ROUTE 218 NEAR LAWRENCE COUNTY. IN ADDITION, AT 415 AM
EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING TO
FALL.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
 
CICCONE
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 2:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLAdams, Scioto3 hr
Jan 28, 2:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLMeigs3 hr
Jan 28, 3:26 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLLawrence3 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.