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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 1995, 4:50 PM EDT for Jackson County, Vinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 4:50 PM EDT (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, OH, Vinton County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 182052 FFWCRW OHC079-163-190145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 450 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTHEAST OHIO ...JACKSON COUNTY...VINTON COUNTY MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING INTO JACKSON COUNTY OHIO AT 445 PM EDT. THIS RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD JACKSON AND VINTON COUNTIES IN OHIO DURING THE NEXT HOUR. SMALL STREAMS ARE RUNNING AT THREE QUARTERS TO NEAR BANKFULL AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN AN HOUR OR 1.25 INCHES IN THREE HOURS WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ON MANY SMALL STREAMS IN JACKSON AND VINTON COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 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. ZINN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 18, 12:22 PM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
KYZ101-102-104-190000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT/RIVER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1215 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 ...WATER LEVELS RUNNING HIGH ON THE LITTLE SANDY RIVER..... RAIN AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN AN INCH TO 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THE LITTLE SANDY BASIN. THESE RAIN AMOUNTS COUPLED WITH THE SATURATED GROUND HAVE LET MOST OF THE WATER RUNOFF INTO THE STREAMS AND INTO THE LITTLE SANDY RIVER. WATER LEVELS ON THE LITTLE SANDY AT LEON AND GRAYSON WERE RUNNING NEAR BANKFULL AT THIS TIME. THE LITTLE SANDY AT GRAYSON IS EXPECTED TO CREST AROUND THE FLOOD STAGE OF 21 FEET DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY. BACKWATER AFFECTS ON STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT FEED INTO THE LITTLE SANDY MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. PERSONS ALONG THE LITTLE SANDY RIVER IN KENTUCKY SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. END/SIKORA
Special weather statement, May 18, 1:04 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-042>047-VAZ003-004-KYZ105-107-119-181800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 104 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR WEST VIRGINIA...AND LAWRENCE...JOHNSON AND MARTIN COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY AND WEST VIRGINIA AT THIS TIME. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR MORE SEVERE WEATHER MAY REDEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON ...BUT IT IS NOT CERTAIN AT THIS TIME. YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR CONDITIONS CLOSELY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS WILL UPDATE THE PROGRESS OF THIS WEATHER SITUATION. REYNOLDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 9:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Meigs | 6 hr |
| May 18, 3:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Meigs | 5 hr |
| May 18, 3:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia | 5 hr |
| May 18, 4:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 4 hr |
| May 18, 7:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens | 6 hr |
| May 18, 7:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Meigs, Vinton | 5 hr |
| May 18, 7:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 5 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.