Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 1995, 8:05 AM EDT for Mason County, West Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1995, 8:05 AM EDT (12:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1995, 12:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mason County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 714 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 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 141206 FFWCRW WVC053-141700- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 805 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA ...MASON COUNTY A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OBSERVER REPORTED THAT STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE RUNNING NEAR OR JUST OVER BANKFUL THIS MORNING. THE OBSERVER ALSO REPORTED AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM THIS MORNINGS THUNDERSTORMS. THE RAIN WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF LATER THIS MORNING...BUT THE STREAMS WILL RECEDE SLOWLY. 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 QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. WATCH OUT FOR MUD SLIDES. SITES
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, May 14, 5:03 AM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
WVZ007>012-016>020-029>032-039-040-141000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 500 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING... A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO PROGRESS NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE STRONG AND MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL, BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. MOST OF THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY IS STILL NORTH AND WEST OF WEST VIRGINIA IN SOUTHEAST OHIO. HOWEVER...STAY ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AS THIS ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO ADVANCE INTO WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/ROZANSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 5:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 42 min |
| May 14, 6:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis | 6 hr |
| May 14, 6:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 6 hr |
| May 14, 7:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Tyler | 5 hr |
| May 14, 7:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wood | 5 hr |
| May 14, 9:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 4 hr |
| May 14, 12:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Tyler | 2 hr |
| May 14, 12:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Lewis | 2 hr |
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.