Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Charleston, WV

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.

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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...

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

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
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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
835 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989

AT 830 PM HEAVY SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED BY THE
CHARLESTON RADAR OVER CALHOUN COUNTY AND LEWIS COUNTY IN WEST
VIRGINIA. THESE SHOWERS WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THAT AREA. HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
THESE STORMS AND IT MAY CAUSE URBAN FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES.

END/ORCHANIAN