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Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Charleston, WV

April 10, 1994Tyler County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Apr 10, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT for Tyler County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1994, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Tyler County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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, Pittsburgh, PA 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1994-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 290 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
682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
404 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 102200
FFWCRW
WVC017-073-085-095-103-107-110200-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
600 PM EDT SUN APR 10 1994

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE FLOOD
WARNING UNTIL 1000 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.

INTERMITTENT LIGHT RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH
10 PM EDT.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE 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
ABANDONE~D QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

END/ORCHANIAN

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 WarningRLXPleasants, Ritchie, Wood4 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

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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.