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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Charleston, WV

May 14, 1995Doddridge County, Lewis County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 1995, 12:45 PM EDT for Doddridge County, Lewis County, West Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 12:45 PM EDT (16:45 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Doddridge County, WV, Lewis County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 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 141631
FFWCRW
WVC017-041-085-095-141900-
 
BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1245 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING  EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...DODDRIDGE COUNTY...LEWIS COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...RITCHIE COUNTY...TYLER COUNTY
 
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED FOR THESE COUNTIES.
SOME CREAKS AND STREAMS ARE STILL RISING FROM EARLIER RAINS.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLOODING 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. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND POLICE BARRICADES.
 
EOM

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, 8:12 AM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
WVZ005>008-013>016-018-024>030-033>039-042-043-047-KYZ101>105-
107-119-141300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
810 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995

...TORNADO WATCH FOR WEST VIRGINIA AND EASTERN KENTUCKY HAS BEEN
   CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS MORNING FOR MUCH OF
WEST VIRGINIA AND EASTERN KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE STRONGEST
ACTIVITY HAS MOVED THROUGH THE STATE AND PUSHED INTO SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA. A FEW WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE...MAINLY FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF WEST
VIRGINIA...DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS HOWEVER THE ACTIVITY NOT
EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE EARLY MORNING CONVECTION HAS
BROUGHT MANY SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO NEAR BANKFUL OR OVER FOR
MANY LOCATIONS IN WEST VIRGINIA. THEREFORE PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA
ARE CURRENTLY UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH OR WARNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENT OR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS.

END/ROZANSKI
Special weather statement, May 14, 10:17 AM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
VAZ003-004-141600-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1013 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BUCHANNAN AND DICKENSON COUNTIES
IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS SUBSIDED.  THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN
THE PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON.

END/REZEK

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, 8:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMason5 hr
May 14, 9:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBarbour, Taylor4 hr
May 14, 12:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRitchie, Tyler2 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.