Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jan 28, 1994, 2:53 AM EST for Morgan County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 1994, 2:53 AM EST (07:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 1994, 6:00 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morgan County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 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
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
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 9:24 PM EST, 5 hours 29 minutes before
WVZ024-025-033>037-042>045-280500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 924 PM EST THU JAN 27 1994 ...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES OF FAYETTE, GREENBRIER, MERCER, MONROE, POCAHONTAS, RALEIGH AND SUMMERS. TEMPERATURES REMAINED AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING THROUGHOUT THE ADVISORY AREA AT 9PM. PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE IS OCCURRING AT TIMES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND GREENBRIER VALLEY AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION AROUND MIDNIGHT. INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS OFFICIALS AND SHEFIFFS DEPARTMENTS INDICATE THAT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE HAS BEEN VERY WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA UNDER THE ADVISORY. GREENBRIER COUNTY SEEMS TO HAVE RECEIVED THE MOST ICE WITH ROADS ACROSS VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTY VERY SLIPPERY. I-64 FROM DAWSON TO GREEN SULPHUR SPRINGS WAS REPORTED TO BE ICE COVERED AND VERY HAZARDOUS. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION. AS WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION LATER TONIGHT THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TURN TO ALL RAIN AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND FRIDAY. RAIN MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT. PERSONS LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY IF HEAVY RAIN OCCURS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/MONEYPENNY
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 9:26 PM EST, 5 hours 27 minutes before
WVZ024-025-033>037-042>045-280500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 924 PM EST THU JAN 27 1994 ...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES OF FAYETTE, GREENBRIER, MERCER, MONROE, POCAHONTAS, RALEIGH AND SUMMERS. TEMPERATURES REMAINED AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING THROUGHOUT THE ADVISORY AREA AT 9PM. PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE IS OCCURRING AT TIMES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND GREENBRIER VALLEY AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION AROUND MIDNIGHT. INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS OFFICIALS AND SHEFIFFS DEPARTMENTS INDICATE THAT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE HAS BEEN VERY WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA UNDER THE ADVISORY. GREENBRIER COUNTY SEEMS TO HAVE RECEIVED THE MOST ICE WITH ROADS ACROSS VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTY VERY SLIPPERY. I-64 FROM DAWSON TO GREEN SULPHUR SPRINGS WAS REPORTED TO BE ICE COVERED AND VERY HAZARDOUS. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION. AS WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION LATER TONIGHT THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TURN TO ALL RAIN AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND FRIDAY. RAIN MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT. PERSONS LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY IF HEAVY RAIN OCCURS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/MONEYPENNY
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 11:34 PM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
WVZ024-025-033>037-042>045-280800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 1134 PM EST THU JAN 27 1994 ...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... ...ICY IN AREAS OF GREENBRIER COUNTY... SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT IN GREENBRIER COUNTY REPORT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE IS STILL VERY WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTY. MOST ROADS; ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS AND OVERPASSES AND BRIDGES WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. A WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY 3AM. RAIN WILL INTENSIFY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY. PERSONS LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY IF HEAVY RAIN OCCURS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/MONEYPENNY
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 11:35 PM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
WVZ024-025-033>037-042>045-280800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 1134 PM EST THU JAN 27 1994 ...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... ...ICY IN AREAS OF GREENBRIER COUNTY... SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT IN GREENBRIER COUNTY REPORT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE IS STILL VERY WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTY. MOST ROADS; ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS AND OVERPASSES AND BRIDGES WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. A WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY 3AM. RAIN WILL INTENSIFY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY. PERSONS LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY IF HEAVY RAIN OCCURS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/MONEYPENNY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 1:38 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fairfield, Pickaway | 3 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:34 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Vinton | 3 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:39 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Hocking, Morgan, Perry, Vinton | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:39 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Pickaway | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:39 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Madison, Ross | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:39 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Muskingum | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:39 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Delaware, Marion | 4 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.