Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 151, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 1996, 7:25 PM EDT for Brooke County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1996, 7:25 PM EDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1996, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brooke County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 496 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1096 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIT 182345 COR FFWPIT PAC003-125-129-WVC009-190200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING UPDATE CORRECTED FOR COUNTY FIPS CODING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 745 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR THESE COUNTIES... IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... ALLEGHENY WASHINGTON WESTMORELAND IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... BROOKE FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS BROOKE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON... SOUTHERN ALLEGHENY...AND SOUTHERN WESTMORELAND COUNTIES IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM RAINS CAN ADD TO THE RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND SO CONTINUE THE FLOODING IN THE HARDHIT COMMUNITIES TIL 10 PM. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR BY THOSE FOOLISH ENOUGH TO ENTER INTO FLOOD WATERS...EITHER ON FOOT OR BY CAR. YOU COULD BE SWEPT TO YOUR DEATH. THE MURKY SWIRLING WATERS CAN BE DEEPER AND MOV"ING MORE SWIFTLY THAN YOU THINK. ALSO THERE CAN BE HIDDEN DEBRIS THAT COULD KNOCK YOU UNCONSCIOUS. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES OR LOW SPOTS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. WARN CHILDREN TO AVOID PLAYING NEAR FLOOD WATERS AS WELL.
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, Jun 18, 2:03 PM EDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
PAZ004>036-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069- WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-MDZ001-190200- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 205 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 1996 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM TONIGHT AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR MOST OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND THE WESTERN PANHANDLE OF MARYLAND. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 8PM AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH TIL 10 PM ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... ALLEGHENY ARMSTRONG BEAVER BLAIR BEDFORD BUTLER CAMBRIA CAMERON CENTRE CLARION CLEARFIELD CLINTON ELK FAYETTE FOREST FRANKLIN FULTON GREENE HUNTINGDON INDIANA JEFFERSON JUNIATA LAWRENCE MCKEAN MERCER MIFFLIN POTTER SOMERSET VENANGO WARREN WASHINGTON WESTMORELAND. IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO... BELMONT CARROLL COLUMBIANA COSHOCTON GUERNSEY HARRISON JEFFERSON MONROE MUSKINGUM NOBLE TUSCARAWAS. IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... BROOKE HANCOCK MARION MARSHALL MONONGALIA OHIO PRESTON TUCKER WETZEL. IN WESTERN MARYLAND... GARRETT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...LARGE HAIL DAMAGING WINDS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS A POSSIBILITY NOT A CERTAINTY. BE PHREPARED FOR QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:07 PM EDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041- OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-MDZ001-190200- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTION COUNTY LISTING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 210 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 1996 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM TONIGHT AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR MOST OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND THE WESTERN PANHANDLE OF MARYLAND. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 8PM AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH TIL 10 PM ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... ALLEGHENY ARMSTRONG BEAVER BUTLER CLARION FAYETTE FOREST GREENE INDIANA JEFFERSON LAWRENCE MERCER VENANGO WASHINGTON WESTMORELAND. IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO... BELMONT CARROLL COLUMBIANA COSHOCTON GUERNSEY HARRISON JEFFERSON MONROE MUSKINGUM NOBLE TUSCARAWAS. IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... BROOKE HANCOCK MARION MARSHALL MONONGALIA OHIO PRESTON TUCKER WETZEL. IN WESTERN MARYLAND... GARRETT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...LARGE HAIL DAMAGING WINDS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODINGZ IS A POSSIBILITY NOT A CERTAINTY. BE PREPARED FOR QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041- OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-MDZ001-190300- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 520 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 1996 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM TONIGHT AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR MOST OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND THE WESTERN PANHANDLE OF MARYLAND. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 8PM AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH TIL 10 PM ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... ALLEGHENY ARMSTRONG BEAVER BUTLER CLARION FAYETTE FOREST GREENE INDIANA JEFFERSON LAWRENCE MERCER VENANGO WASHINGTON WESTMORELAND. IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... BROOKE HANCOCK MARION MARSHALL MONONGALIA OHIO PRESTON TUCKER WETZEL. IN WESTERN MARYLAND... GARRETT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...LARGE HAIL DAMAGING WINDS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS A POSSIBILITY NOT A CERTAINTY. BE PREPARED FOR QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED. IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT TIL 11PM AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH TIL 10PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... CARROLL COLUMBIANA JEFFERSON HARRISON BELMONT GUERNSEY MUSKINGUM COSHOCTON NOBLE MONROE TUSCARAWAS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 5:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 117 min |
| Jun 18, 7:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996
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.