Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995

Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Baltimore/Washington

July 17, 1995Morgan County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 1995, 5:23 PM EDT for Morgan County, West Virginia. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 1995, 5:23 PM EDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 1995, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Whole counties

County Morgan County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 1995-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1129 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1995-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 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
1129 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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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
Jul 17, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXLoudoun53 min
Jul 17, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFrederick, Shenandoah53 min
Jul 17, 6:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXClarke51 min
Jul 17, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXClarke51 min
Jul 17, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXWarren33 min
Jul 17, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFauquier, Loudoun61 min
Jul 17, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAllegany54 min
Jul 17, 6:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXWashington26 min
Jul 17, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXWashington26 min
Jul 17, 6:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXFrederick54 min
Jul 17, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFrederick54 min
Jul 17, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXBaltimore43 min
Jul 17, 7:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXBaltimore64 min
Jul 17, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXBaltimore64 min
Jul 17, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXMorgan67 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.