Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Apr 28, 1989, 4:20 PM EDT for Raleigh County, West Virginia. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 1989, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1989, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Raleigh 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 899 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Apr 28, 12:21 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 12:15 PM EDT FRI APR 28 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO NORTH CENTAL WEST VIRGINIA... WEATHER RADAR SHOWS THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN EDGE OF MONONGALIA...MARION...HARRISON... LEWIS..AND UPSHUR COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA AT MIDDAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR. THEY MAY BE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WIND..HEAVY DOWNPOURS..POSSIBLY HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA BY 1 PM, AND MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA BY 1:30 PM. UPON THE APPROACH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY.. PREFERABLY A STRONG WELL BUILT BUILDING. HEAVY RAINFALLS MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS..IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW LYING AREA..KEEP A WATCH ON WATER LEVELS.
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 2:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
BULLETIN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY, WV 200 PM EDT FRI APR 28 1989 AT 155 PM BECKLEY RADAR SHOWERD A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD AT AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO MINGO AND MCDOWELL COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA BY 215 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE INDOORS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/CDB
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 2:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA 155 PM EDT FRI APR 28 1989 ...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA... AT 150 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE OHIO RIVER INTO WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE RECORDED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAYNE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA AS THESE STORMS PASSED THROUGH. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT THESE THUNDERSTORMS. YOUNG
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 2:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA 235 PM EDT FRI APR 28 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH MARTIN COUNTY... AT 250 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS NEAR INEZ AND MOREN IN MARTIN COUNTY KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH AND WILL BE CROSSING INTO WEST VIRGINIA BY 245 PM. THESE STORMS CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY HAIL. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT THESE THUNDERSTORMS. YOUNG
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 2:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA 237 PM EDT FRI APR 28 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH MARTIN COUNTY... AT 230 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS NEAR INEZ AND MOREN IN MARTIN COUNTY KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND WILL BE CROSSING INTO WEST VIRGINIA BY 250 PM. THESE STORMS CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY HAIL. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT THESE THUNDERSTORMS. YOUNG
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:20 PM EDT, 1 hour before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 63 min |
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Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989
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.