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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Charleston, WV

April 10, 1994Pleasants County, Ritchie County, Wood County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Apr 10, 1994, 2:10 PM EDT for Pleasants County, Ritchie County, Wood County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 1994, 2:10 PM EDT (18:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Wood County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 12:00Z on 1994-04-10Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1994-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 636 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
1218 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
636 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
856 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 KCRW 101814
FFWCRW
WVC017-073-085-095-103-107-102215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
210 PM EDT SUN APR 10 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED
A FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
. 
IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...DODDRIDGE COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...PLEASANTS COUNTY...RITCHIE COUNTY...TYLER COUNTY
   ...WETZEL COUNTY...WOOD COUNTY
 
HIGH WATER STILL EXISTS IN MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA, WITH SMALL STREAMS
AND CREEKS REPORTED OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  MANY SECONDARY ROADS IN THE
WARNING AREA ARE COVERED BY WATER, WITH SOME ROADS IMPASSIBLE.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEH ICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
LEWIS
 
&

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 1:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXHarrison, Lewis, Taylor5 hr
Apr 10, 2:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Tyler4 hr
Apr 10, 6:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Harrison4 hr
Apr 10, 6:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants, Ritchie, Wood4 hr
Apr 10, 6:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXTyler4 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.