Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 1989, 6:30 PM EDT for Mineral County, West Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1989, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1989, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mineral 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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KEKN 230055 RRA
FFWEKN
WVC057-230030-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
849 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST WEST VIRGINIA
...GRANT...HARDY...NORTHERN PENDLETON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS HEAVY RAINFALL IN NORTHERN
PENDLETON..SOUTHERN GRANT AND HARDY COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA. THIS
RAINFALL IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST. A RAINFALL OBSERVER IN UP
PER TRACT..INNORTHERN PENDLETON COUNTYU..REPORTED 1.68 INCHES OF RAIN
FALL IN 2O MINUTES. RAINFALL COUNTINUES OVER THE AREA. K IN MINERAL
COUNTY SHOULD ALSO BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT
. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATH OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IS WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO
ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
NNNNWhat 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, Jun 22, 3:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 315 PM EDT THU JUNE 22 1989 ....THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PIKE COUNTY OHIO.... AT 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN OHIO. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED IN PIKE COUNTY OHIO SOUTH OF PIKETON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HA5IL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WITH THE CONTINUATION OF THE RAIN SOME FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATERLY. COLLINS...
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 345 PM EDT THU JUNE 22 1989 AT 345 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN OHIO AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED IN SCIOTO COUNTY OHIO NEAR THE CITY OF PORSTMOUTH AND IN BOYD COUNTY KENTUCKY NEAR THE CITY OF ASHLAND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WITH THE CONTINUATION OF THE RAIN SOME FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO A SAFEW PLACE IMMEDIATERLY. YOU SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RAIDIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. COLLINS...
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:46 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 545 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989 DO NOT USE AFTER 7PM... HEAVY SHOWERS WERE OBSERVED AT 540 PM OVER WESTERN CLAY COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA..ALSO AT THE JUNCTION OF THE BORDERS OF BRAXTON..WEBSTER AND NICHOLAS COUNTIES. HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY CAUSE URBAN FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. ALSO..AT 545 PM CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS OF WEST VIRGINIA..TO ELKINS AND THEN TO JUST WEST OF ROANOKE VIRGINIA..CONTINUING SOUTHWESTWARD TO ABINGDON VIRGINIA..IN WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. MEANWHILE A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER ADMAS COUNTY OHIO AND MAGOFFIN COUNTY KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. END/ORCHANIAN
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:10 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 607 PM EDT THU JUNE 22 1989 AT 600 PM EDT THIS EVENING WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL JUST NORTHEAST OF WEST UNION IN ADAMS COUNTY OHIO. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWEST TOWARD WEST UNION AT ABOUT 5 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WITH THE VERY SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM THERE MAY BE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. YOUNG...
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:15 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
BULLETIN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY, WV 610 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MONROE COUNTY... AT 605 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MONROE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. LIGHTNING IS VERY DANGEROUS IN ANY THUNDERSTORM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER INDOORS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE SOME SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING. WATCH FOR RISING WATER LEVELS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS. END/CGF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Hardy | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton | 115 min |
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.