Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Charleston, WV

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
805 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1989

AT 805 PM AN AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
THROUGH NORTHERN ROANE COUNTY AND INTO SOUTHERN WIRT COUNTY. THESE
STORMS SHOULD PASS THROUGH ELIZABETH..IN WIRT COUNTY BY 900 PM AS
THEY MOVE NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THE SHOWERS WILL CAUSE SOME URBAN FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN
IN THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

THESE SHOWERS HAVE ALREADY DUMPED A LITTLE OVER A 1/2 INCH OF RAIN /0.52
INCH/ IN A 1/2 HOUR PERIOD BETWEEN 630 PM AND 700 PM AT
HUNT..LOCATED IN EASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND THE
EVENING WEATHER STORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF
WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1015 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1989

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM..WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS..GUSTY WINDS AND A VIVID
DISPLAY OF DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS ENTERING TYLER COUNTY AT 1010 PM.
THIS SAME STORM DUMPED 1.75 INCHES IN A 25 MINUTE PERIOD BETWEEN 935
PM AND 1000 PM AT WEST UNION. ALSO..ANOTHER REPORT AT WEST UNION IN
DODDRIDGE COUNTY..RECEIVED 0.75 INCH IN A 20 MINUTE PERIOD.

THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD PASS
THROUGH TYLER COUNTY AND THE MIDDLEBOURNE AREA BY 10:45 PM.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS OCCURRED OVER EASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY BETWEEN 630PM AND
700 PM. A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER AT PINCH..WHICH IS 11 MILES NORTHEAST
OF CHARLESTON..REPORTED 0.55 INCH IN A HALF HOUR PERIOD. OUR AUTOMATIC
RAIN GAGE NETWORK AT HUNT..ALSO IN EASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY..RECEIVED
OVER 1/2 INCH OF RAIN / 0.52 INCH/ IN A HALF HOUR PERIOD.

NO PROBLEMS WAS REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WITH THESE
HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

THE CHARLESTON AIRPORT ESCAPED THE DOWNPOUR AND GOT A PALTRY AMOUNT OF
0.15 OF AN INCH IN A 3 HOUR PERIOD BETWEEN 7PM AND 1000 PM.

THE AREAL COVERAGE OF SHOWERS SHOULD SUBSIDED TONIGHT..BUT WILL
REDEVELOP ONCE AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE DAYTIME HEATING WILL BE
THE TRIGGERING MECHANISM FOR THESE SHOWERS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

OUR REGION HAS BEEN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS.
WE SEE NO STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM ALOFT OR ON THE SURFACE TO KICK OUT
THIS MOISTURE LADEN AIR.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST FROM THURSDAY
..RIGHT ON THROUGH MONDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO THE MIDDLE
80S. IT WILL BE RAIN FREE MOST OF THE TIME BUT THERE WILL BE A GOOD
CHANCE FOR A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM DURING THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING
HOURS WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TONIGHT FOR THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS AND
EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND ALSO FOR THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY
OF VIRGINIA.

A FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE
NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 800 AM THURSDAY. A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE UPPER OHIO RIVER (PORTIONS ALONG THE NORTHERN
PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA AT WELLSBURG WEST VIRGINIA TO EAST
LIVERPOOL OHIO) IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY.

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