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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Charleston, WV

May 18, 1995Gallia County, Meigs County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 1995, 9:25 AM EDT for Gallia County, Meigs County, Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 9:25 AM EDT (13:25 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gallia County, OH, Meigs County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 1995-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 550 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1995-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 371 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
550 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
971 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
379 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 181326
FFWCRW
OHC053-105-181930-
 
BULLETIN -
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
925 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...GALLIA COUNTY...MEIGS COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN ACROSS GALLIA AND
MEIGS COUNTY IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. FLOODING IS LIKELY TO
OCCUR ON THE SMALLER STREAMS AND RIVERS ACROSS THESE TWO COUNTIES.
 
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND POLICE BARRICADES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 3:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMeigs5 hr
May 18, 3:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia5 hr
May 18, 4:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLawrence4 hr
May 18, 4:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Vinton5 hr
May 18, 7:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens6 hr
May 18, 7:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia, Meigs, Vinton5 hr
May 18, 7:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson5 hr

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.