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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Charleston, WV

May 17, 1995Calhoun County, Roane County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 1995, 1:10 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Roane County, West Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 1995, 1:10 PM EDT (17:10 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1995, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Calhoun County, WV, Roane County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 1995-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 1995-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
886 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 171711
FFWCRW
WVC013-087-171915-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
110 PM EDT WED MAY 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...CALHOUN COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...ROANE COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS OVER ROANE AND CALHOUN COUNTIES.
WITH THE SATURATED GROUND...ALONG WITH THESE RAINS WILL CAUSE QUICK
RISES ON STREAMS AND CREEKS.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. WATCH OUT FOR MUD SLIDES.
 
 
SIKORA

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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.