Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 1989, 7:35 PM EDT for Braxton County, West Virginia. It was in force for 115 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1989, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1989, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Braxton 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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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WVC007-230130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
735 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF WEST VIRGINIA
BRAXTON
AT (725 PM A DR. WAYNE GIVEN OF THE TOWN GASSAWAY REPORTED VERY
RAINS WITH ESTIMATED AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 1 1/2 TO 2 INCHS OF
RAINS HAD FALLEN DURING THE PAST 40 MINUTES. FLOODING OF SMALL
STREAMS AND URBAN FLOODING WAS IN PROGRESS.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOOD WATERS. n IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
JAMESWhat 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, 3:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 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, 1 hour 49 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, 1 hour 25 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, 1 hour 20 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
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:43 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
BULLETIN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY, WV 640 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MONROE...MERCER... AND MCDOWELL COUNTIES. AT 635 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MONROE...MERCER...AND MCDOWELL COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CAUSE SOME SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING. THEY 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. WATCH FOR RISING WATER LEV!ELS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING APPEARS LIKELY. END/CGF
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:11 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 710 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH- NORTHEAST ACROSS BRAXTON COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WAS CENTERED OVER BRAXTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA EARLY THIS EVENING. CHARLESTONS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THIS CELL WAS OVER THE TOWN OF SUTTON AND MOVING NORTH- NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE SOME URBAN FLOODING OF STREETS AND ESPICALLY POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. BRIEF GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE BUILDING TO THE> WEST IN ROANE COUNTY. JAMES
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, 6:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mineral | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.