Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 1995, 8:21 PM EDT for Jackson County, Vinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1995, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1995, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, OH, Vinton County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 354 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1083 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 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 230020 FFWCRW OHC079-163-230230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 821 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTHEAST OHIO ...JACKSON COUNTY...VINTON COUNTY A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL TRACK WESTWARD THROUGH JACKSON AND VINTON COUTIES BY 900 PM. RAINFALL FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE LEFT STREAMS IN WESTERN VINTON COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY NEAR BANKFULL. ADDTIONAL RAINFALL MAY BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO PAREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. WATCH OUT FOR MUD SLIDES.
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 22, 4:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
WVZ006>011-013>020-026>031-036>040-222300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 428 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1995 AT 425 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS STRETCHED ALONG INTERSTATE 79...FROM CHARLESTON TO CLARKSBURG. THESE STORMS CONTAINED TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. LOCALLY AN INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOUR MAY ACCUMULATE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING WESTWARD AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH THE OHIO RIVER NORTH OF HUNTINGTON BY 700 PM. RAPID RISES ON SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY OCCUR AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. END/
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
WVZ006>011-013>020-026>031-036>040-222300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 428 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1995 AT 425 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS STRETCHED ALONG INTERSTATE 79...FROM CHARLESTON TO CLARKSBURG. THESE STORMS CONTAINED TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. LOCALLY AN INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOUR MAY ACCUMULATE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING WESTWARD AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH THE OHIO RIVER NORTH OF HUNTINGTON BY 700 PM. RAPID RISES ON SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY OCCUR AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. END/
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
WVZ005>011-013>020-026>029-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-KYZ101>105-230000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 601 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1995 AT 600 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA FROM HUNTINTON TO NORTH OF PARKERSBURG. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER MASON...JACKSON AND WOOD COUNTIES. PARKERSBURG AND POINT PLEASANT WILL SEE BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL BY 615 PM. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING WEST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST OHIO AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KENTUCKY BY 700 PM. RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL OCCUR AS THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR FUTHER UPDATES. END/
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
WVZ005>011-013>020-026>029-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-KYZ101>105-230000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 601 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1995 AT 600 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA FROM HUNTINTON TO NORTH OF PARKERSBURG. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER MASON...JACKSON AND WOOD COUNTIES. PARKERSBURG AND POINT PLEASANT WILL SEE BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL BY 615 PM. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING WEST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST OHIO AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KENTUCKY BY 700 PM. RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKSj WILL OCCUR AS THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR FUTHER UPDATES. END/
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:46 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
WVZ005>011-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-KYZ101-103-230200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 746 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1995 AT 740 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE OHIO RIVER COUNTIES NORTH OF HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY NORTH OF GREENUP AND ALSO IN NORTHWEST ATHENS COUNTY SOUTH OF CHESTERHILL. SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE DETECTED IN THESE STORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING WEST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THIS LINE WERE OVER VINTON COUNTY IN OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWN POURS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE BY 1000 PM. SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. END/
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:54 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
WVZ005>011-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-KYZ101-103-230200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 746 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1995 AT 740 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE OHIO RIVER COUNTIES NORTH OF HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY NORTH OF GREENUP AND ALSO IN NORTHWEST ATHENS COUNTY SOUTH OF CHESTERHILL. SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE DETECTED IN THESE STORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING WEST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THIS LINE WERE OVER VINTON COUNTY IN OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWN POURS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE BY 1000 PM. SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. . END/
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.