Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 1995, 3:17 AM EDT for Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 1995, 3:17 AM EDT (07:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 1995, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kanawha County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:19 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 00:00Z, 7.3 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
- 1332 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 875 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
- -65 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 100718 FFWCRW WVC039-101100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 317 AM EDT THU AUG 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...WESTERN KANAWHA COUNTY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MOVED THROUGH WESTERN KANAWHA COUNTY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS HAVE BROUGHT CREEKS AND STREAMS TO BANKFULL LEVELS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BETWEEN 4 AND 5 AM PRODUCING EXTENSIVE FLOODING PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF ST ALBANS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVEH UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
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 10, 12:10 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
KYZ101>103-105-100600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1210 AM EDT THU AUG 10 1995 DESPITE THE LATE NIGHT HOUR...SMALL DOWNPOURS WERE MOVING INTO GREENUP AND BOYD COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING SOUTH FROM SCIOTO COUNTY OHIO...AT ABOUT 15 TO 20 MPH. AT MIDNIGHT...THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS CROSSING THE OHIO RIVER NEAR GREENUP. THE RAINS WILL BE MOVING SOUTH...AND AFFECT PORTIONS OF CARTER AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES BETWEEN 12:30 AND 2 AM. THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE REGION AROUND GRAYSON. SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS IN GREENUP AND CARTER COUNTIES RECEIVED HEAVY SHOWERS BETWEEN 6 AND 8 O'CLOCK WEDNESDAY EVENING. THUS...AS THIS NEW ROUND OF SHOWERS CROSSES THE AREA... SMALL STREAMS COULD RISE QUICKLY TO NEAR BANKFULL. LATE NIGHT MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT CROSS ANY WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 12:16 AM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
KYZ101>103-105-100600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1210 AM EDT THU AUG 10 1995 DESPITE THE LATE NIGHT HOUR...SMALL DOWNPOURS WERE MOVING INTO GREENUP AND BOYD COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING SOUTH FROM SCIOTO COUNTY OHIO...AT ABOUT 15 TO 20 MPH. AT MIDNIGHT...THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS CROSSING THE OHIO RIVER NEAR GREENUP. THE RAINS WILL BE MOVING SOUTH...AND AFFECT PORTIONS OF CARTER AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES BETWEEN 12:30 AND 2 AM. THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE REGION AROUND GRAYSON. SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS IN GREENUP AND CARTER COUNTIES RECEIVED HEAVY SHOWERS BETWEEN 6 AND 8 O'CLOCK WEDNESDAY EVENING. THUS...AS THIS NEW ROUND OF SHOWERS CROSSES THE AREA... SMALL STREAMS COULD RISE QUICKLY TO NEAR BANKFULL. LATE NIGHT MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT CROSS ANY WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 1:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
WVZ013>016-026-100800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 120 AM EDT THU AUG 10 1995 THE CHARLESTON RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THEREFORE BRIEF STREET FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. END/WHITEHEAD
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 1:29 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
WVZ013>016-026-100800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 120 AM EDT THU AUG 10 1995 THE CHARLESTON RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THEREFORE BRIEF STREET FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. END/WHITEHEAD
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 2:26 AM EDT, 51 minutes before
WVZ014-015-100900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 226 AM EDT THU AUG 10 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE SOME STREET FLOODING IN KANAWHA COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF LOCAL HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE THROUGH KANAWHA COUNTY UNTIL AROUND 4 AM CAUSING SOME STREET FLOODING PARTICULARLY IN THE VICINITY OF ST ALBANS, NITRO AND CHARLESTON. PERSONS SHOULD EXPECT SOME WATER OVER ROADWAYS IN NORMAL LOW SPOTS WHERE ROADS DIP DOWN NEAR CREEKS. SOME UNDER PASSES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED TO HAVE SOME BRIEF DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY AROUND 4 AM AFTER WHICH THE CREEKS AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS WILL BE ABLE TO RECOVER. AS ALWAYS YOU SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER IS OVER THE ROADWAYS AS THIS ACCOUNTS FOR MANY FLOOD RELATED INJURIES AND DEATHS. END AAR
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 2:38 AM EDT, 39 minutes before
WVZ014-015-100900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 226 AM EDT THU AUG 10 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE SOME STREET FLOODING IN KANAWHA COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF LOCAL HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE THROUGH KANAWHA COUNTY UNTIL AROUND 4 AM CAUSING SOME STREET FLOODING PARTICULARLY IN THE VICINITY OF ST ALBANS, NITRO AND CHARLESTON. PERSONS SHOULD EXPECT SOME WATER OVER ROADWAYS IN NORMAL LOW SPOTS WHERE ROADS DIP DOWN NEAR CREEKS. SOME UNDER PASSES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED TO HAVE SOME BRIEF DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY AROUND 4 AM AFTER WHICH THE CREEKS AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS WILL BE ABLE TO RECOVER. AS ALWAYS YOU SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER IS OVER THE ROADWAYS AS THIS ACCOUNTS FOR MANY FLOOD RELATED INJURIES AND DEATHS. END AAR
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.