Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996

Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Charleston, WV

May 5, 1996Wayne County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 5, 1996, 9:40 PM EDT for Wayne 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
May 5, 1996, 9:40 PM EDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1996, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 1996-05-06Temperature 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°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 1996-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 251 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
273 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 060142
FFWCRW
WVC099-060445-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
940 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...WAYNE COUNTY
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN COUNTY WIDE AND
ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT.
STATE ROUTE 152 FROM GENOA SOUTH TO DUNLOW IS COVERED...WITH THE LEVEL
OF THE WATER STILL RISING. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BRING
OTHER CREEKS AND STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODtING 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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 8:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBarbour4 hr
May 5, 8:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLewis4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.