Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1987
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 1987, 8:50 PM EDT for Marion County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 1987, 8:50 PM EDT (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1987, 11:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEKN 200049 FFWEKN WVC049-061-077-091-200350- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 850 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1150 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA...MARION..MONONGALIA..PRESTON..TAYLOR THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DUMPED FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN OVER PARTS OF MARION..MONONGALIA..PRESTON AND TAYLOR COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. REPORTS FROM OFFICIALS IN MARION COUNTY INDICATE THAT MAJOR FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE FARMINGTON AREA AND PERSONS LIVING IN THE AFFECTED AREAS ARE BEING EVACUATED. AT THIS TIME..ONLY MINOR HAS BEEN REPORTED ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS..HOWEVER RADAR SHOWS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUOUSLY DEVELOPING ALONG THE WESTERN BORDERS OF MONONGALIA AND MARION COUNTIES AND MOVING EAST THROUGH TAYLOR AND PRESTON. IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING..KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER ON HIGHWAYS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FgOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ALSO..IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED..PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO BE RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. FERRELL
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, May 19, 4:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV. 435 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 1987 ...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY OHIO... AT 430 PM EDT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH THROUGH SOUTHERN OHIO. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN JACKSON AND OAK HILL IN SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY OHIO. THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN EDGE OF GALLIA COUNTY BY 515 PM EDT. THIS STORM IS KNOWN TO HAVE PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. YOUNG...
Special weather statement, May 19, 5:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV. 535 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 1987 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN GALLIA COUNTY OHIO... AT 530 PM EDT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH THROUGH SOUTHERN OHIO. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WAYNE NATIONAL FOREST ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN OAK HILL IN SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY AND CROWN CITY IN SOUTHEASTERN GALLIA COUNTY OHIO. THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO THE CROWN CITY AREA BY 600 PM EDT. THIS STORM IS KNOWN TO HAVE PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. YOUNG...
Special weather statement, May 19, 6:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - ELKINS, WV 620 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 1987 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DUMP HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL..THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS..THE GREENBRIER VALLEY..THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN PANHANDLE COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA ALSO OVER GARRETT AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES IN MARYLAND... AT 615 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF NORTHEASTERN AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND OVER WESTERN MARYLAND. THIS ACTIVITY WAS EAST OF LINE FROM NEAR MANNINGTON SOUTHEAST TO NEAR PICKENS THEN SOUTHWEST TO BLUEFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY EAST AT 15 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS LIVING IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS..PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL IN AND NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO, PERSONS LIVING ALONG OR NEAR SMALL STREAMS OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS..SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATERS AND MOVE TO PLACE OF SAFETY IF NECESSARY. SEVERAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED INDICATING THAT SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DUMPED AS MUCH AS ONE INCH OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES TO ONE HOUR IN A FEW AREAS. NO REPORTS FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.. BUT MINOR FLOODING IS A POSSIBILITY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ALSO, IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED..PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. FERRELL
Special weather statement, May 19, 6:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV. 635 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 1987 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE TRI STATE REGION... AT 630 PM EDT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL OCCURRING OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY SOUTHERN OHIO AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE THREAT OF ADDITIONA"L THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THESE THUNDERSTORMS. YOUNG...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 8:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Monongalia, Preston, Taylor | 3 hr |
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.