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Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS Charleston, WV

April 30, 1994Braxton County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Apr 30, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT for Braxton County, West Virginia. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 1994, 7:07 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Braxton County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 1994-04-30Temperature 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 1994-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, Apr 30, 1:47 PM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
WVZ041-047-301845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
147 PM EDT SAT APR 30 1994

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS
OF WEST VIRGINIA. WEATHER RADAR AT 140 PM INDICATED THE STRONGEST STORMS
WERE OVER NORTHEAST RANDOLPH COUNTY AND EASTERN TUCKER COUNTY MOVING
NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN GRANT COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA.

THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER, STAY INSIDE UNTIL THE
STORM HAS DIMINISHED OR ENDED. WATCH FOR PONDING WATER ON HIGHWAYS AND
REDUCE YOUR SPEED.

END

GILKERSON

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Special weather statement, Apr 30, 2:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
WVZ021-022-023-030-031-032-039-040-041-046-047-MDZ001-301945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
249 PM EDT SAT APR 30 1994

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

WEATHER RADAR AT 245 PM EDT INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
FROM GILMER COUNTY NORTH THROUGH DODDRIDGE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA.
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO SHOWN OVER UPSHUR AND SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTIES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS TUCKER INTO SOUTHERN PRESTON
COUNTY AND SOUTHERN GARRETT COUNTY OF WESTERN MARYLAND.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS
AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS COULD CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL, DANGEROUS
LIGHNTING AND HEAVY RAINS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APRROACHES MOVE INDOORS TO SAFE SHELTER. DO NOT
USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

END

GILKERSON

N$NNN
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 3:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
WVZ006-007-005-KYZ103-102-104-101-107-105-100-119-OHZ081-086-083-
087-085-082-088-290200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
310 PM EDT SAT APR 30 1994

...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERTORMS ARCROSS THE TRI STATE...

AT 305 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
BEGINNING TO POP UP ACROSS GREENUP, CARTER, AND ELLIOTT COUNTIES OF
KENTUCKY. ALSO A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS APPROACHING ADAMS COUNTY
OHIO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR.

GUSTY WINDS, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
STORMS. IF THESE STORMS ENTER YOUR AREA, MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. LISTEN rTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES.

END/SALAZAR
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 4:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
WVZ015-016-027-302200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
415 PM EDT SAT APR 30 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST KANAWHA COUNTY...

AT 410 PM...CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER
NORTHWEST KANAWHA COUNTY JUST EAST OF SISSONVILLE.  THIS STORM WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN ROANE
COUNTY BEFORE 445 PM, AND SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY BY ABOUT 515 PM.

THIS STORM WILL CONTAIN BRIEFLY GUSTY WINDS, HEAVY DOWNPOURS,
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.  ANYONE IN THE PATH
OF THIS STORM SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND TAKE SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

REYNOLDS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton67 min
Apr 30, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLewis, Upshur60 min
Apr 30, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXHarrison, Marion, Taylor65 min

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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.