Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 1989, 6:05 PM EDT for Randolph County, West Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 1989, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1989, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randolph 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 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 KCRW 162208
FFWEKN
BULLETIN-EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
606 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 1989
WVC083-170030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
ISSUED BY CHARLESTON WV
605 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF WEST VIRGINIA
SOUTHERN RANDOLPH
AT 530 PM EDT THE ELKINS WV EMERGENCY SERVICES OFFICE REPORTED OVER
TWO INCHES OF RAIN NEAR MINGO WV BETWEEN 400 AND 500 PM EDT. THIS
AMOUNT FAR EXCEEDS THE AMOUNT NEEDED IN AN HOUR TO START FLASH
FLOODING IN RANDOLPH COUNTY WV. ALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE
WARNING AREA ARE BANKFULL AND RISING RAPIDLY.
SATELLITE IMAGERY AND WEATHER RADAR INDICATE THAT AN INTENSIFYING
LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS WILL REACH THE WARNING AREA IN AN HOUR OR TWO.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIP...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.
LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ON T HIS FLOODING SITUATION.
END/PARKEWhat 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, Jul 16, 3:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE-ELKINS, WV 3:01 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 1989 AT 3:01 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS..POTOMAC HIGHLANDS AND THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE FROM NEAR ELKINS NORTH TO NORTHERN PRESTON COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY TO TH E NORTHEAST AT ONLY 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE LARGEST STORM WAS NEAR BRANDONVILLE IN PRESTON COUNTY. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AND SOME VERY LOCALIZED FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS IS POSSIBLE. PERSONS LIVING IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH WEST VIRGINIA THIS EVENING SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS..PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THESE STORMS. IF YOU LIVE ALONG OR NEAR A SMALL STREAM OR CREEK OR IN AN AREA SUBJECT TO RAPID FLOODING..REMAIN ALERT TO WATER LEVELS. IF THE WATER BEGINS RISING..MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND OR TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. PEOPLE IN WEST VIRGINIA ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT AND LISTEN TO COMMERCIAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REPORT ANY SEVERE >WEATHER OR FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. END/PURDY
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE-ELKINS, WV 3:50 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 1989 AT 3:50 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS..POTOMAC HIGHLANDS AND THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE FROM NEAR ELKINS NORTH TO NORTHERN PRESTON COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY TO TH E NORTHEAST AT ONLY 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE LARGEST STORM WAS NEAR BRANDONVILLE IN PRESTON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA AND WILL BE MOVING. INTO GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AND SOME VERY LOCALIZED FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS IS POSSIBLE. PERSONS LIVING IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH WEST VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND THIS EVENING SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS..PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THESE STORMS. IF YOU LIVE ALONG OR NEAR A SMALL STREAM OR CREEK OR IN AN AREA SUBJECT TO RAPID FLOODING..REMAIN ALERT TO WATER LEVELS. IF THE WATER BEGINS RISING..MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND OR TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. PEOPLE IN WEST VIRGINIA ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT AND LISTEN TO COMMERCIAL RADIO..TV..OR5 WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. END/PURDY
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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.