Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

Jun 19, 1989, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)

Expired

Jun 19, 1989, 10:30 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Area

Whole counties

County Braxton County, WV

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
722 PM EDT MON JUN 19 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF WEST VIRGINIA
      BRAXTON

AT 715PM EDT A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR HEAVY RAINS FROM
THE RECENT THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVED ACROSS BRAXTON COUNTY. ROUTES 4
AND ROUTE 19 WAS ALREADY COVERED WITH UP TO 4 INCHES OF WATER AS IT
RUSHES FROM THE HILLSIDES.  SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THIS AREA WILL
ALSO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS 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.
TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS ROADWAYS.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

GOODEN

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
5:45 PM EDT MON JUN 19 1989

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. AT 5:40 PM EDT
THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS WAS WEST OF MCHENRY MARYLAND.

THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST..AND WILL CONTINUE
HEAVY RAINFALLS FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. THE CONTINUED HEAVY
RAINFALL MAY CAUSE SOME SMALL STREAMS TO RISE QUICKLY OUT OF THEIR              BANKBANKS.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTING..AND
THEY MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND ARE URGED TO KEEP A CLOSE
WATCH ON CREEKS AND STREAMS..AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND.

END/HILL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
552 PM EDT MON JUN 19 1989

DO NOT USE RADAR SUMMARY  AFTER 7 PM..

AT 540 PM EDT..CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM
WITH HAIL AND EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN IN EASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN
WEST VIRGINIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS
STORM AS IT MOVE NORTH THROUGH EASTERN CLAY AND SOUTH BRAXTON
COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

ELSEWHERE SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 25 MPH.

END/LAPLANTE

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989

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.