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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Charleston, WV

June 9, 1995Lawrence County, Kentucky

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1995-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1369 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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/SIKORA
Special 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/SIKORA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence58 min
Jun 10, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoyd, Greenup47 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 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.