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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV

May 14, 1995Doddridge County, Harrison County, Lewis County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 1995, 6:39 AM EDT for Doddridge County, Harrison County, Lewis County, West Virginia. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 1995, 6:39 AM EDT (10:39 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 1995, 12:45 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

Counties Doddridge County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Lewis County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 167 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 141050
FFWCRW
WVC017-033-041-035-141645-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
639 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...DODDRIDGE COUNTY...HARRISON COUNTY...LEWIS COUNTY
 
IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...JACKSON COUNTY
 
HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THIS MORNINGS THUNDERSTORMS HAS PUSHED MANY STREAMS
AND CREEKS TO NEAR OR OVER BANKFUL. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THAT WILL FALL
THIS MORNING WILL COMPOUND THE FLOODING PROBLEMS.
 
ROUTE 23 IN DODDRIDGE COUNTY WAS REPORTED FLOODED THIS MORNING ALONG
WITH SEVERAL BRIDGES WHICH CROSS BUCKET RUN ROAD IN JACKSON COUNTY.
NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS LEWIS COUNTY WERE ALSO REPORTED TO BE WATER
COVERED.
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DdEPTH 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.
 
SITES/ROZANSKI

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 14, 1:41 AM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before

OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-KYZ101-102-141200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
140 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO AND
    PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED
A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 800 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES:

IN OHIO:

        ATHENS   GALLIA   JACKSON   LAWRENCE   MEIGS
        MONROE   PERRY    VINTON    WASHINGTON

IN KENTUCKY:

        CARTER AND GREENUP

A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS COVERED FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...MUCH OF INDIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN OHIO
EARLY THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING EASTWARD
ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO AND EXTREME NORTHERN KENTUCKY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO PORTIONS OF THIS
AREA BEFORE 200 AM. CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO A
POSSIBILITY.

IF THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOP OR A WARNING IS ISSUED TAKE COVER
IN THE INTERIOR PORTION OF A HOUSE. STAY AWAY FROM WIzNDOWS AS THE
STORM MOVES THROUGH YOUR AREA.

END/ZINN

NG ACROSS UN

         *** THIS SPACE FOR ADDITONAL INFORMATION ***

END/LAST NAME

Special weather statement, May 14, 5:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

WVZ007>012-016>020-029>032-039-040-141000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
500 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING...

A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO PROGRESS
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WEST
VIRGINIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE STRONG AND MAY CONTAIN SMALL
HAIL, BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS.

MOST OF THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY IS STILL NORTH AND WEST OF WEST
VIRGINIA IN SOUTHEAST OHIO. HOWEVER...STAY ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER AS THIS ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO ADVANCE INTO WEST VIRGINIA
DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

END/ROZANSKI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 5:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson	42 min
May 14, 6:39 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson	6 hr
May 14, 7:40 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Tyler	5 hr
May 14, 7:40 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Wood	5 hr
May 14, 8:05 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	5 hr
May 14, 9:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour, Taylor	4 hr
May 14, 12:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Ritchie, Tyler	2 hr
May 14, 12:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Lewis	2 hr

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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.