Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

Jul 22, 1989, 7:10 PM EDT (23:10 UTC)

Expired

Jul 22, 1989, 9:10 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Area

Whole counties

County Pendleton County, WV

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA
710 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 910 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA
          ...PENDLETON

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF PENDLETON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. 
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

A REPORT FROM THE PUBLIC RELAYED TO THE STATE POLICE INDICATED THAT
AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE FORT SEYBERT AREA SINCE   
6 PM THIS EVENING. MINOR FLOODING OF STREAMS..CREEKS AND LOW LYING
AREAS WAS ALSO REPORTED.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS..RIVERS..OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD
AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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.
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END/FERRELL

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE-ELKINS, WV
612 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 1989

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS POSSIBLE THIS
EVENING...

AT 605 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND
POTOMAC HIGHLANDS OF WEST VIRGINIA..OVER WESTERN MARYLAND AND OVER
THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SHENANDOAH VALLEYS OF VIRGINIA. MOVEMENT
WAS GENERALLY EAST AT 15 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS LIVING IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH NORTHERN AND EASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA..WESTERN MARYLAND AND NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA THIS EVENING..
SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS..PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN
..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL IN AN NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.

IF YOU LIVE ALONG OR NEAR A SMALL STREAM OR CREEK OR IN AN AREA
SUBJECT TO RAPID FLOODING..REMAIN ALERT TO WATER LEVELS IN YOUR
AREA. IF THE WATER BEGINS RISING..MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TV OR RADIO
BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REPORT AND
SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

END/FERRELL

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989

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.