Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 1995, 2:27 AM EDT for Kanawha County, Lincoln County, Putnam County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1995, 2:27 AM EDT (06:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1995, 6:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Putnam County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 120627 FFWCRW WVC043-039-079-121030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 227 AM EDT MON JUN 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA ...LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...WESTERN KANAWHA COUNTY...SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS HAVE CAUSED RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG U.S. ROUTE 35 NEAR THE KANAWHA AND PUTNAM COUNTY LINE THIS MONDAY MORNING. THE CHARLESTON DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED 3 HOURS RAINFALL ESTIMATES BETWEEN .5 TO 1.25 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA BUT LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR THE SEVERAL HOURS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS ANTD FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. ELW/SDR
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 11, 8:42 PM EDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
WVZ011-020-028-030>032-037>040-046-047-120200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 842 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH / NUMBER 615 / THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN...AND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAIN AREAS OF WEST VIRGINIA EXPIRED AT 800 PM. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA OVERNIGHT...BUT THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 400 AM EDT EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE AREA...AND ON TO THE EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS BY MORNING. END/ZINN
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 8:46 PM EDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
WVZ011-020-028-030>032-037>040-046-047-120200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 842 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH / NUMBER 615 / THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN...AND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAIN AREAS OF WEST VIRGINIA EXPIRED AT 800 PM. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA OVERNIGHT...BUT THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 400 AM EDT EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE AREA...AND ON TO THE EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS BY MORNING. ENHD/ZINN
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 1:52 AM EDT, 35 minutes before
WVZ013-015-025-026-035>037-120800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 152 AM EDT MON JUN 12 1995 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ALUM CREEK TO MADISON AND LOGAN. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE LINE WILL CAUSE 35 TO 40 MPH GUSTS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS. BY 200 AM THE LINE WILL EXTEND FROM SUMMERVILLE TO BECKLEY. END/WHITEHEAD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 4:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wood | 4 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.