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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Charleston, WV

June 3, 1995Washington County, Ohio; Wirt County, Wood County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 1995, 7:50 PM EDT for Washington County, Ohio; Wirt County, Wood County, West Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1995, 7:50 PM EDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1995, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Washington County, OH, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 1995-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 973 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 1995-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 032351
FFWCRW
OHC167-WVC105-107-040200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
750 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...WIRT COUNTY...WOOD COUNTY
 
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THESE COUNTIES IS BEING EXTENDED UNTIL
1000 PM BECAUSE RADAR SHOWS THAT SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CAN BE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THERE UNTIL THEN.
 
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.
 
END AAR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 2:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWashington5 hr
Jun 3, 3:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXTyler5 hr
Jun 3, 4:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWirt, Wood4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1995Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 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.