Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jan 28, 1994, 4:39 AM EST for Delaware County, Marion County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 1994, 4:39 AM EST (09:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 1994, 8:45 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Delaware County, OH, Marion County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 384 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 442 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, 11:34 PM EST, 5 hours 5 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, 5 hours 4 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 28, 3:10 AM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
WVZ024-025-033>037-042>045-281100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 310 AM EST FRI JAN 28 1994 ...FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... WEATHER RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATED WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION AREA EXTENDED SOUTH TO THE GULF COAST. SOME MODERATE RAINFALL WAS SHOWN OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA. IN THE WESTERN LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING AS LIGHT RAIN WITH SOME SPOTTY LIGHT DRIZZLE. LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE A NORTHEAST MOVEMENT ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING, INCREASING IN INTENSITY DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS. A DIFFERENT STORY WAS BEING WRITTEN IN THE GREENBRIER VALLEY AND EXTREME WESTERN VIRGINIA. OFFICIALS IN GREENBRIER COUNTY REPORTED SPOTTY AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE CONTINUE, MAINLY FROM LEWISBURG EAST, WHILE THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY HAD SEEN PRECIPITATION CHANGE TO LIQUID RAIN. THE MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAD RECEIVED NO FURTHER REPORTS OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION. THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION EXTENDED INTO WESTERN VIRGINIA. THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS REPORTED I-64 WAS ICY IN SPOTS, ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, FROM WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS TO COVINGTON, VIRGINIA. SECONDARY ROADS ACROSS EASTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY WERE ALSO SLICK. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN RISING SLOWLY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA SINCE LATE THURSDAY EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE THIS TREND DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS. THIS WILL ALLOW ALL OF THE GREENBRIER VALLEY TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING AND HELP ELIMINATE ANY MAJOR DRIVING HAZARDS. BY 6 AM, THE MERCURY WILL REST IN THE MID AND UPPER 30S IN EASTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY, WITH 40S EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY. NO FLOODING HAS YET BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, BUT PERSONS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS FREQUENTLY WHEN RAIN BEGINS TO INTENSIFY LATER THIS MORNING AND BE PREPARED TO LEAVE QUICKLY IF WATER LEVELS RISE RAPIDLY OR A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/BURRUS
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 3:11 AM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
WVZ024-025-033>037-042>045-281100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 310 AM EST FRI JAN 28 1994 ...FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... WEATHER RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATED WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION AREA EXTENDED SOUTH TO THE GULF COAST. SOME MODERATE RAINFALL WAS SHOWN OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA. IN THE WESTERN LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING AS LIGHT RAIN WITH SOME SPOTTY LIGHT DRIZZLE. LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE A NORTHEAST MOVEMENT ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING, INCREASING IN INTENSITY DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS. A DIFFERENT STORY WAS BEING WRITTEN IN THE GREENBRIER VALLEY AND EXTREME WESTERN VIRGINIA. OFFICIALS IN GREENBRIER COUNTY REPORTED SPOTTY AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE CONTINUE, MAINLY FROM LEWISBURG EAST, WHILE THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY HAD SEEN PRECIPITATION CHANGE TO LIQUID RAIN. THE MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAD RECEIVED NO FURTHER REPORTS OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION. THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION EXTENDED INTO WESTERN VIRGINIA. THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS REPORTED I-64 WAS ICY IN SPOTS, ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, FROM WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS TO COVINGTON, VIRGINIA. SECONDARY ROADS ACROSS EASTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY WERE ALSO SLICK. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN RISING SLOWLY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA SINCE LATE THURSDAY EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE THIS TREND DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS. THIS WILL ALLOW ALL OF THE GREENBRIER VALLEY TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING AND HELP ELIMINATE ANY MAJOR DRIVING HAZARDS. BY 6 AM, THE MERCURY WILL REST IN THE MID AND UPPER 30S IN EASTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY, WITH 40S EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY. NO FLOODING HAS YET BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, BUT PERSONS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS FREQUENTLY WHEN RAIN BEGINS TO INTENSIFY LATER THIS MORNING AND BE PREPARED TO LEAVE QUICKLY IF WATER LEVELS RISE RAPIDLY OR A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/BURRUS
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, 2:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Morgan | 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 |
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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.