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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Charleston, WV

May 14, 1995Mason County, West Virginia

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 44 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 5:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson42 min
May 14, 6:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Harrison, Lewis6 hr
May 14, 6:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson6 hr
May 14, 7:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXTyler5 hr
May 14, 7:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWood5 hr
May 14, 9:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBarbour, Taylor4 hr
May 14, 12:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRitchie, Tyler2 hr
May 14, 12:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Lewis2 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.