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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Jackson, KY

February 8, 1994Mason County, West Virginia

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 8, 1994, 9:45 PM EST for Mason County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 8, 1994, 9:45 PM EST (02:45 UTC)
Expired
Feb 9, 1994, 12:45 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Mason County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 1994-02-09Temperature 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 1994-02-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 409 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KHTS 090245
FFWHTS
WVC053-090545-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
945 PM EST TUE FEB 8 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...MASON COUNTY
 
AT 945 PM EST THE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS FLOODING ON ROUTE 2 SOUTH IN
POINT PLEASANT. IN ADDITION, WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN
IN THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE COUNTY MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST.
 
 
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 SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
 
CICCONE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 9, 8:03 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLWayne3 hr
Feb 9, 11:08 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLWayne112 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.