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Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Charleston, WV

April 13, 1994Mingo County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Apr 13, 1994, 4:38 AM EDT for Mingo County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 1994, 4:38 AM EDT (08:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 1994, 7:45 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Mingo County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 1994-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 123 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 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
123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBKW 130839
FFWBKW
WVC059-131145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
438 AM EDT WED APR 13 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BECKLEY WV HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...MINGO COUNTY
 
HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT HAVE LED TO RAPID RISES OF STREAMS AND
CREEKS. ALONG RT. 80 AT GILBERT, GILBERT CREEK, A TRIBUTARY
OF HORSE PEN CREEK, HAD RUN ONTO THE ROAD. THE WATER MAY THREATEN
TO DISMOUNT A COUPLE OF MOBILE HOMES IN GILBERT. A ROCK SLIDE ON THE
OUTSKIRTS OF GILBERT HAD BLOCKED ONE LANE OF RT. 80.
 
AT JUSTICE, A DRAIN BLOCKAGE ALONG U.S. 52 HAS LEFT ABOUT A FOOT OF
ON THE HIGHWAY.
 
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.  LNEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
END/BURRUS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 4:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWyoming3 hr
Apr 13, 5:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXNicholas, Webster4 hr
Apr 13, 5:12 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBarbour, Randolph, Upshur5 hr
Apr 13, 5:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRaleigh3 hr
Apr 13, 6:35 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBraxton4 hr
Apr 13, 7:25 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLogan, Mingo, Wyoming2 hr
Apr 13, 7:25 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMcDowell2 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.