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Flash Flood Warning 103, NWS Charleston, WV

July 31, 1996Lawrence County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 1996, 2:23 AM EDT for Lawrence County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 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
Jul 31, 1996, 2:23 AM EDT (06:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 1996, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 143 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1996-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 881 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1996-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
881 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 310624 COR
FFWCRW
OHC087-310830-
 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED AND RETRANSMITTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
223 AM EDT WED JUL 31 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
AT 130 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN
THREE QUARTERS TO ONE AND ONE QUARTER /0.75-1.25/ INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY.  A COOPERATI
OBSERVER IN PEDRO REPORTED FOUR AND ONE QUARTER /4.25/ INCHES OF RAIN SI
ENOON ON TUESDAY.
 
MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO...FURTHER
AGGRAVATING THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT VSTAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
BELK
CORRECTED INFORMATION IN FIRST PARAGRAPH
RETRANSMITTED DUE TO COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS

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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.