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Flash Flood Warning 95, NWS Charleston, WV

July 19, 1996Pleasants County, Tyler County, West Virginia; Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 1996, 2:49 PM EDT for Pleasants County, Tyler County, West Virginia; Washington County, Ohio. 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
Jul 19, 1996, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 1996, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Washington County, OH, Pleasants County, WV, Tyler County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1996-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1573 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1996-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 259 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
1573 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
259 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
10.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 191847
FFWCRW
OHC167-WVC073-095-192145-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
249 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...NORTHERN PLEASANTS COUNTY...TYLER COUNTY
 
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DUMPING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MONROE COUNTY AND
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN OHIO AND ON ACROSS THE OHIO
RIVER INTO NORTHERN PLEASANTS AND TYLER COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA.
 
RADAR ESTIMATES OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF THIS AREDURING THE PAST HOUR. ANOTHER INCH MAY FALL IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES TO
ONE HOUR.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. WATCH OUT FOR MUD SLIDES.
 
ZINN

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, Jul 19, 9:45 AM EDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
WVZ009>011-019-020-031-032-040-OHZ066-067-076-191400-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
944 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HAS BEEN
   CANCELLED...

A LINE OS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH EXTREME NORTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA THIS MORNING.  NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE YET
BEEN RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  RADAR HAS INDICATED
THAT THE SHOWERSP AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.  WITH
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER DIMINISHED...THE WATCH HAS BEEN
CANCELLED EARLY.

BELK
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 9:49 AM EDT, 5 hours before
WVZ009>011-019-020-031-032-040-OHZ066-067-076-191400-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
948 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HAS BEEN
   CANCELLED...

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH EXTREME NORTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA THIS MORNING.  NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE YET
BEEN RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  RADAR HAS INDICATED
TjHAT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.  WITH
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER DIMINISHED...THE WATCH HAS BEEN
CANCELLED EARLY.

BELK
CORRECTED TYPOS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 9:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBarbour4 hr
Jul 19, 10:35 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRandolph6 hr
Jul 19, 2:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBarbour4 hr
Jul 19, 4:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXUpshur4 hr
Jul 19, 4:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRandolph4 hr
Jul 19, 6:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBraxton, Gilmer3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1996Flash 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.