Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995

Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 27, 1995Madison County, Orange County, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 1995, 5:52 AM EDT for Madison County, Orange County, Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1995, 5:52 AM EDT (09:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1995, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Whole counties

Counties Madison County, VA, Orange County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 155 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
155 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
900 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 4:33 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXMadison117 min
Jun 27, 5:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXFauquier, Rappahannock, Warren3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.