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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Baltimore/Washington

July 27, 1995Hardy County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 1995, 2:57 PM EDT for Hardy County, West Virginia. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1995, 2:57 PM EDT (18:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1995, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Whole counties

County Hardy County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 126 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 1995-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 754 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 1995-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
754 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1074 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 4:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXPage2 hr
Jul 27, 3:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXBaltimore, Harford61 min
Jul 27, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXBaltimore, Harford61 min
Jul 27, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXHardy48 min
Jul 27, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXMineral28 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.