Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 1995, 9:36 AM EDT for Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 1995, 9:36 AM EDT (13:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 1995, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:36 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 364 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 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 091335 FFWCRW OHC167-091730- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 936 AM EDT WED AUG 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHEAST OHIO ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 933 AM...RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF OVER 2 INCHES ARE COMMON ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY ...WITH MORE RAINFALL EXPECTED DURING THE COUPLE OF HOURS. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING BETWEEN MARIETTA AND BEVERLY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE RAINBOW CREEK BASIN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS 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 QLUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. WATCH OUT FOR MUD SLIDES. REYNOLDS
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, Aug 9, 6:25 AM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
OHZ067-076-091200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 625 AM EDT WED AUG 9 1995 A THUNDERSTORM WHICH DEVELOPED IN EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN OHIO IS MOVING ONLY SLOWLY EASTWARD. AS A RESULT OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS IN EASTERN MORGAN AS WELL AS WASHINGTON COUNTY OHIO. THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SOME RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS IN THESE TWO COUNTIES. PERSONS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS IN LOW SPOTS WHICH NORMALLY HAVE PROBLEMS DURING HEAVY RAIN. AS ALWAYS MOTORISTS SHOULD TAKE CAUTION NOT TO TRY AND DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER IS OVER THE ROADWAYS AS THIS IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATHS AND INJURIES IN FLOODING SITUATIONS. END/REZEK
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 6:26 AM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
OHZ067-076-091200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 625 AM EDT WED AUG 9 1995 A THUNDERSTORM WHICH DEVELOPED IN EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN OHIO IS MOVING ONLY SLOWLY EASTWARD. AS A RESULT OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS IN EASTERN MORGAN AS WELL AS WASHINGTON COUNTY OHIO. THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SOME RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS IN THESE TWO COUNTIES. PERSONS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS IN LOW SPOTS WHICH NORMALLY HAVE PROBLEMS DURING HEAVY RAIN. AS ALWAYS MOTORISTS SHOULD TAKE CAUTION NOT TO TRY AND DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER IS OVER THE ROADWAYS AS THIS IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATHS AND INJURIES IN FLOODING SITUATIONS. END/REZEK
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 8:32 AM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
WVZ009>011-OHZ067-075-076-085-091500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 834 AM EDT WED AUG 9 1995 THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST OHIO INTO NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. AT 830 AM...CHARLESTON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM NEAR MARIETTA IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TO POMEROY IN MEIGS COUNTY...AND WEST TO NEAR MCCONNELLSVILLE IN MORGAN COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD AT ABOUT 15 MPH. RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF NEAR 2 INCHES ARE COMMON ACROSS NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...WITH UP TO AN INCH WITH THE REMAINING STORMS. MOST OF THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST INTO WEST VIRGINIA INTO WOOD...WIRT AND TYLER COUNTIES. THE STORMS OVER WASHINGTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES HAVE SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT DURING THE PAST HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WELL OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOUR...WHICH MAY BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. IF YOU OBSERVE ANY FLOODING ...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. REYNOLDS
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 8:34 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
WVZ009>011-OHZ067-075-076-085-091500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 834 AM EDT WED AUG 9 1995 THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST OHIO INTO NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. AT 830 AM...CHARLESTON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM NEAR MARIETTA IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TO POMEROY IN MEIGS COUNTY...AND WEST TO NEAR MCCONNELLSVILLE IN MORGAN COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD AT ABOUT 15 MPH. RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF NEAR 2 INCHES ARE COMMON ACROSS NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...WITH UP TO AN INCH WITH THE REMAINING STORMS. MOST OF THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST INTO WEST VIRGINIA INTO WOOD...WIRT AND TYLER COUNTIES. THE STORMS OVER WASHINGTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES HAVE SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT DURING THE PAST HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WELL OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOUR...WHICH MAY BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. IF YOU OBSERVE ANY FLOODING ...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. REYNOLDS
Nearby
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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.