Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 1995, 4:27 PM EDT for Wirt County, Wood County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1995, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1995, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 973 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 688 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 032028 FFWCRW WVC105-107-040000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 427 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA ...WIRT COUNTY...WOOD COUNTY DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUES TO ESTIMATE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS FALLING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. DOPPLER ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE LAST THREE HOURS OVER PORTIONS OF WOOD AND WIRT COUNTIES. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDBGES...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.
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, Jun 3, 11:50 AM EDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
WVZ008-013>016-018-024>027-034>036-031700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1150 AM EDT SAT JUN 3 1995 AT 1145 AM EDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM MASON COUNTY THROUGH PUTNAM COUNTY AND EXTREME WESTERN KANAWHA COUNTY ON THROUGH NORTHERN LOGAN AND CENTRAL MINGO COUNTIES. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE LINE WILL PASS THROUGH THE CITIES OF RIPLEY..SPENCER...ST ALBANS...CHARLESTON...MADISON..LOGAN AND WILLIAMSON DURING THE NEXT HOUR. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN MAY BE OBSERVED ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE DURATION OF THE RAIN WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE HALF OF AN HOUR. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NOT A SOLID LINE...SO NOT ALL LOCATIONS WILL SEE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. SOME STREAMS MAY REACH NEAR BANKFULL FOR A SHORT PERIOD AND CONSIDERABLE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS IS EXPECTED. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT FOR GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING THE HEAVY RAIN. END/ZINN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:55 AM EDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
WVZ008-013>016-018-024>027-034>036-031700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1150 AM EDT SAT JUN 3 1995 AT 1145 AM EDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM MASON COUNTY THROUGH PUTNAM COUNTY AND EXTREME WESTERN KANAWHA COUNTY ON THROUGH NORTHERN LOGAN AND CENTRAL MINGO COUNTIES. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE LINE WILL PASS THROUGH THE CITIES OF RIPLEY..SPENCER...ST ALBANS...CHARLESTON...MADISON..LOGAN AND WILLIAMSON DURING THE NEXT HOUR. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN MAY BE OBSERVED ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE DURATION OF THE RAIN WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE HALF OF AN HOUR. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NOT A SOLID LINE...SO NOT ALL LOCATIONS WILL SEE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. SOME STREAMS MAY REACH NEAR BANKFULL FOR A SHORT PERIOD AND CONSIDERABLE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS IS EXPECTED. MOTORISxTS ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT FOR GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING THE HEAVY RAIN. END/ZINN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
WVZ009>011-017-019-020-OHZ075-076-085-032000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 140 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1995 AT 130 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM MEIGS AND ATHENS COUNTIES IN OHIO EAST AND NORTHEAST THROUGH WASHINGTON COUNTY OHIO. OTHER STORMS WERE OVER PORTIONS OF WOOD...PLEASANTS..TYLER...NORTHERN RITCHIE AND NORTHERN DODDRIDGE COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EASTNORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS MORNING....ESPECIALLY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY OHIO AND PLEASANTS...WOOD AND TYLER COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA. SMALL STREAMS MAY RISE TO NEAR BANKFULL WITH PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS LIKELY. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT FOR GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE HEAVY RAIN AND FOR STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS. END/ZINN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
WVZ009>011-017-019-020-OHZ075-076-085-032000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 140 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1995 AT 130 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM MEIGS AND ATHENS COUNTIES IN OHIO EAST AND NORTHEAST THROUGH WASHINGTON COUNTY OHIO. OTHER STORMS WERE OVER PORTIONS OF WOOD...PLEASANTS..TYLER...NORTHERN RITCHIE AND NORTHERN DODDRIDGE COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EASTNORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS MORNING....ESPECIALLY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY OHIO AND PLEASANTS...WOOD AND TYLER COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA. SMALL STREAMS MAY RISE TO NEAR BANKFULL WITH PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS LIKELY. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT FOR GREATLNY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE HEAVY RAIN AND FOR STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS. END/ZINN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 5 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Tyler | 5 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wirt, Wood | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995
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.