Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 1995, 8:02 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Kentucky. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1995, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1995, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lawrence County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 1369 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1242 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 9, 7:30 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
WVZ005>007-024-OHZ083-086-087-KYZ101>105-107-119-100600-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
730 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 1995
....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GREENUP..CARTER..
BOYD..AND ELLIOTT COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY UNTIL 2 AM SATURDAY
MORNING...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON..VINTON..
AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN OHIO UNTIL 2 AM SATURDAY MORNING...
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE REGION DURING THE PAST HOUR.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AROUND 20 MILES PER HOUR.
THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...AND
POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.
MOTORISTS TAKE EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL AS PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS
IS POSSIBLE. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOU...SEEK SHELTER.
A THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER TO OCCUR.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
END/SIKORASpecial weather statement, Jun 9, 7:41 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
WVZ005>007-024-OHZ083-086-087-KYZ101>105-107-119-100600-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
730 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 1995
....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GREENUP..CARTER..
BOYD..AND ELLIOTT COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY UNTIL 2 AM SATURDAY
MORNING...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON..VINTON..
AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN OHIO UNTIL 2 AM SATURDAY MORNING...
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE REGION DURING THE PAST HOUR.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AROUND 20 MILES PER HOUR.
THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...AND
POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.
MOTORISTS TAKE EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL AS PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS
IS POSSIBLE. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOU...SEEK SHELTER.
A THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER TO OCCUR.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER
STATEMENTnS OR WARNINGS.
END/SIKORAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd, Greenup | 47 min |
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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.