Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Mar 6, 1989, 9:08 AM EST for Kanawha County, Lincoln County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 1989, 9:08 AM EST (14:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1989, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 543 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KCRW 061412
FFWCRW
WVC039-043-061700-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
908 AM EST MON MAR 6 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF WEST VIRGINIA
WESTERN KANAWHA...EASTERN LINCOLN
AT 9 AM...ALUM AND DAVIS CREEK IN WESTERN KANAWHA COUNTY...
WERE OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS. SOME TRAILERS AND A CHURCH
WERE BEING THREATENING BY THE RISING WATERS FROM THESE SMALL
STREAMS. HEAVY SHOWERS HAVE MOVED THROUGH THE REGION OF
EASTERN LINCOLN AND WESTERN KANAWHA COUNTY SINCE 7 AM. MORE
SHOWERS WERE MOVING THROUGH AT 9AM. RAIN SHOULD DECREASE
AFTER 11 AM.
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 ROADWfAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
BATTYWhat 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, Mar 6, 5:07 AM EST, 4 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 500 AM EST MON MAR 6 1989 WINTER WEATHER IS FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINS IN PARTS OF WEST VIRGINIA. FLOOD WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR WEST VIRGINIA AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN VIRGINIA THIS MORNING. A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CHEAT RIVER IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND FOR SLEET AND SNOW TONIGHT IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND ALONG THE OHIO RIVER IN WEST VIRGINIA. WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BARBOUR...BRASTON...CABELL...CALHOUN...DODDRIDGE...GILMER... HARRISON...JACKSON...LEWIS...LINCOLN...MARION...MASON... MONONGALIA...PLEASANTS...PRESTON...RANDOLPH...RITCHIE...TAYLER... TUCKER...TYLER...UPSHER...WAYNE...WETZEL...WIRT...AND WOOD. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS OF WEST VIRGINIA. WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE... BOONE...CLAY...KANAWHA...LOGAN...MCDOWELL...MINGO...PUTNAM...ROANE... AND WYOMING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER WILL SOON OCCUR. DO NOT VENTURE OUT ON THE ROADS UNLESS YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO IN THE WARNED COUNTIES. A WINTER STORM ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTER WEATHER WILL MAKE THE ROADS HAZARDOUS AND CAUSE OTHER INCONVENIENCES. DRIVE CAREFULLY WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREAS...AND ONLY IF YOU MUST. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING WILL OCCUR OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER STANDING OR FLOWING ACROSS ROADS. DO NOT APPROACH WATER ON FOOT. FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR WHEN PEOPLE DRIVE OR WALK INTO WASHOUTS HIDDEN BY WATER...OR WASHOUTS SUDDENLY OCCUR...WASHING THE PEOPLE AWAY. FLOOD WATCHES AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES MEAN THAT HEAVY RAINS AND WET GROUND HAVE CREATED THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. LISTEN FOR FORECASTS...STATEMENTS...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREAS. LOW PRESSURE JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA IS MOVING EAST. WARM HUMID AIR FROM THE GULF IS FEEDING INTO THE LOW AND BEING LIFTED BY A SHALLOW LAYER OF COLD AIR JUST TO THE NORTH. THERE IS SUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS THIS MORNING. THE COLD AIR WILL BECOME COLD ENOUGH TO FREEZE THE RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN AND CREATE AN ICE STORM OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN SLOPES. JUST TO THE NORTHWEST...ACROSS OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIA...HEAVY SNOW IS...AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL. PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF AND END LATE TONIGHT OF EARLY TUESDAY AS THE LOW SINKS SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE CAROLINAS. LISTEN FOR UPDATED FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS CONCER0NING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. END/PARKE
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 5:22 AM EST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA 510 AM EST MON MAR 6 1989 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST KENTUCKY TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO TODAY... ...FLOOD WATCH WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES RAIN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY SOUTHERN OHIO AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MORE RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN INTO THE REGION THIS MORNING. CFEEKS AND STREAMS ARE REPORTED NEAR BANKFULL...BUT NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED. IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA THAT FLOODS QUICKLY YOU SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR ANY ONSET OF HEAVY RAIN. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS CAN FLOOD VERY QUICKLY DURING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. REPORTS INDICATE THAT FREEZING RAIN HAS CAUSED POWER LINES DOWN AND ICY ROADS FROM JACKSON OHIO TO JUST NORTH OF PIKETON OHIO. WEST BOUND TRAVELERS WILL ENCOUNTER FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND SN5OW OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN OHIO. SHUFF
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 6:46 AM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 645 AM EST MON MAR 6 1989 ...FLOOD WATCH FOR THE GREENBRIER VALLEY AND SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA THIS MORNING. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF FAYETTE..GREENBRIER..SUMMERS ..MONROE..MERCER AND RALEIGH. ...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS MORNING..AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTHWEST COAL FIELD..THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF WYOMING..MCDOWELL..LOGAN AND MINGO. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA TODAY... HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT CAUSED SOME SMALL STREAMS IN MINGO..LOGAN..WAYNE.. BOONE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA TO RISE TO NEAR BANK FULL. ONLY LIGHT RAIN IS OCCURING ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTH WEST VIRGINIA THIS MORNING. HOWEVER HEAVER RAIN ALONG WITH THE SATURATED GROUND COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL RISES ON SMALL STREAMS THROUGH THIS MORNING. PERSONS LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS SHOULD LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. URBAN FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORIST SHOULD NOT ATTEMT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH FLOWING ACROSS RAODWAYS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. END/BRAMBLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 11:10 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 11:10 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Marion, Monongalia, Taylor | 3 hr |
Nearby
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.