Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 1995, 9:31 PM EDT for Fayette County, Nicholas County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1995, 9:31 PM EDT (01:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1995, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fayette County, WV, Nicholas County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 1409 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 280132 FFWCRW WVC019-067-280430- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 931 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...FAYETTE COUNTY...NICHOLAS COUNTY MODERATE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DUMPED AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL FAYETTE AND WESTERN NICHOLAS COUNTIES THIS EVENING. STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS FAYETTE COUNTY AND SLOWLY MOVE NORTH INTO NICHOLAS COUNTY. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF RAIN LATER TONIGHT. WHITEHEAD
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 27, 5:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
WVZ011-OHZ066-067-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 530 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR MORGAN AND PERRY COUNTIES IN OHIO AND TYLER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WATCH AREA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE WEATHER WATCH WILL CONTINUE DUE TO THE STORMS MOVING INTO A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. PERSONS IN THE WEATHER WATCH AREA SHOLD STAY TONE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS WARNINGS. END/WHITEHEAD
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
WVZ027-028-037-038-280030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 650 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1995 AT 645 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN CHARLESTON DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN NICHOLAS COUNTY NEAR ZOLA AND CORNELIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES NORTH INTO CLAY COUNTY REACHING THE jCITY OF CLAY BY 700 PM. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN BRAXTON COUNTY BY 730 PM. END/ZINN
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
WVZ027-028-037-038-280030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 650 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1995 AT 645 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN CHARLESTON DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN NICHOLAS COUNTY NEAR ZOLA AND CORNELIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES NORTH INTO CLAY COUNTY REACHING THE CITY OF CLAY BY 700 PM. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN BRAXTON COUNTY BY 730 PM. END/ZINN
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 8:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
WVZ011-012-021>023-OHZ066-067-280800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 800 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1995 THUNDERSTORMS ARE BECOMING LESS APT TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. THE THUNDERSTORM WATCH /669/ FOR THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...EXTREME NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND FOR PERRY AND MORGAN COUNTIES OF OHIO HAS EXPIRED. VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO CROSS THE AREA AND MANY ADJACENT AREAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS NO LONGER HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...OVER EXTREME NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND MANY OTHER AREAS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS AND CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. FOR DETAILS ABOUT FLASH FLOODING...REFER TO WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS THAT DISCUSS FLASH FLOODING. EOM
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 8:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
WVZ011-012-021>023-OHZ066-067-280800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 800 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1995 THUNDERSTORMS ARE BECOMING LESS APT TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. THE THUNDERSTORM WATCH /669/ FOR THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...EXTREME NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND FOR PERRY AND MORGAN COUNTIES OF OHIO HAS EXPIRED. VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO CROSS THE AREA AND MANY ADJACENT AREAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS NO LONGER HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...OVER EXTREME NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND MANY OTHER AREAS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS AND CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. FOR DETAILS ABOUT FLASH FLOODING...REFER TO WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS THAT DISCUSS FLASH FLOODING. EOM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 9:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lewis | 3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.