Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1986
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 1986, 4:40 AM EDT for Randolph County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1986, 4:40 AM EDT (08:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1986, 7:40 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randolph County, WV
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEKN 020840 FFWEKN WVC083-021140- BULLETIN-EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 440 AM EDT WED JUL 2 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 740 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA...RANDOLPH. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AS REQUIRED. HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN FALLING OVER MUCH OF RANDOLPH COUNTY WITH ALMOST AN INCH AT THE ELKINS AIRPORT IN THE LAST HALF HOUR. RADAR INDICATES HEAVY RAIN SOUTHWEST OF RANDOLPH COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST...THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE LOCAL FLOODING...MOTORISTS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS AND NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADWAYS COVERED WITH FAST MOVING WATER...PERSONS NEAR AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATERS.
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 1, 11:08 PM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 1108 PM EDT TUE JUL 01 1986 AT 1108 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS OVER LEWIS COUNTY AND GREENUP COUNTY KENTUCKY AND OVER ADAMS AND LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. THE GROUND ACROSS THIS AREA HAS HAD FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 24 H[OURS. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN COULD CAUSE SOME SMALL STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS AND POSSIBLE URBAN FLOODING. SHUFF
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:48 AM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 1245 AM EDT WED JUL 02 1986 STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD OVER NORTHEAST KENTUCKY ...ADJACENT SOUTHERN OHIO AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...NEAR THE OHIO RIVER AND ARE BRINGING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS TO THIS AREA. THE GROUND ACROSS THIS AREA HAS HAD FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN COULD CAUSE SOME SMALL STREAMS TO OVERFLOW TwHEIR BANKS AND POSSIBLE URBAN FLOODING. DANGEROUS LIGHTING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. HANEY
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:39 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 235 AM EDT WED JUL 02 1986 WEATHER RADAR IN CHARLESTON SHOWED MODERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM THE HUNTINGTON AREA EASTWARD TO THE GREATER CHARLESTON AREA TO NEAR SUTTON. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT NEAR 35 MILES AN HOUR. URBAN FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIER OF THESE STORMS WITH A HALF INCH TO AN INCH OF RAIN FALLING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. OTHER PRONE AREAS WILL ALSO LIKELY HAVE PROBLEMS AS THESE STORMS PASS THROUGH WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA THIS MORNING. END/CAIN
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:00 AM EDT, 40 minutes before
^CRWSPSEKN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - ELKINS, WV 400 AM EDT WED JUL 2 1986 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING... AT 400 AM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA. THE GROUND IS STILL SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINS TUESDAY MORNING. STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE STILL RUNNING ABOVE NORMAL OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA. THOSE LIVING ALONG FLOOD PRONE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD CHECK WATER LEVELS THROUGH THIS MORNING IF MORE RAIN FALLS. REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. THE WEATHER SERVICE WILL BE MONITORING THE HEADWATER RIVERS. THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE TYGART VALLEY AND CHEAT RIVERS WERE RECEDING AGAIN THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD RAIN OF OVER 1 INCH WOULD BE NEEDED IN THE TYGART AND CHEAT RIVER BASIN TO CAUSE A RIVER PROBLEM TODAY. END/PURDY
Nearby
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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.