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Flash Flood Warning 130, NWS Charleston, WV

August 8, 1996Jackson County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 1996, 4:13 PM EDT for Jackson County, Ohio. It was in force for 5 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
Aug 8, 1996, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1996, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 12:00Z on 1996-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1387 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1996-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1387 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 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 082015
FFWCRW
OHC079-090115-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
413 PM EDT THU AUG 8 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...JACKSON COUNTY
 
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL OF TWO INCHES IN AN HOUR
SOUTHEAST OF RAVINSWOOD WV FROM A THUNDERSTORM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS FROM
THE WEST WILL BRING ADDITIONAL TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH 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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPerry41 min
Aug 8, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Vinton27 min
Aug 8, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMeigs44 min
Aug 8, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWashington35 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 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.