Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Charleston, WV

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA
1030 AM EDT WED AUG 23 1989

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE WEST VIRGINIA
PORTION OF THE HUNTINGTON/ASHLAND/IRONTON TRI STATE AREA...

AT 1020 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS
MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN GALLIA COUNTY IN OHIO AND INTO MASON
COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
HAVE BEEN SHOWN MOVING ACROSS JACKSON...GALLIA...AND MEIGS COUNTIES IN
OHIO DURING THE LAST TWO HOURS...MOVING INTO NORTHERN MASON AND
JACKSON COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA.  CALLS INTO THE OHIO COUNTIES HAVE
PRODUCED NO INFORMATION OTHER THAN BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND
NO FLOODING PROBLEMS AT THIS TIME.

AS TEMPERATURES RISE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVER
OUR TRI STATE AREA.  CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THESE STORMS.

PLYBON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
215 PM EDT WED AUG 23 1989

A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OBSERVED BY WEATHER RADAR OVER
ATHENS AND MEIGS COUNTY OHIO AT 210 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
BE MOVING THROUGH JACKSON AND WOOD COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN
215 PM AND 300 PM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS..GUSTY WINDS..
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 35 MILESn
AN HOUR.

URBAN FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN POOR DRAINGE AREAS AND SIGNIFICANT
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS CAN BE EXPECTED.

END/ORCHANIAN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA
1030 AM EDT WED AUG 23 1989

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE WEST VIRGINIA
PORTION OF THE HUNTINGTON/ASHLAND/IRONTON TRI STATE AREA...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OHIO...

AT 320 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAIN MOVING EAST ACROSS LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO AMD MASON COUNTY WEST
VIRGINIA.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE ONSET
OF RAIN.  PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

END/RCH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
340 PM EDT WED AUG 23 1989

AT 340 PM A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OBSERVED BY WEATHER
RADAR OVER THE THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA. THERE ARE
CALHOUN..SOUTHEAST ROANE..NORTHERN CLAY..NORTHERN PUTNAM AND EXTREME
SOUTHERN JACKSON..AND EXTREME NORTHERN KANAWHA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN
HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS..GUSTY WINDS..
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL.

URBAN FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN POOR DRAINGE AREAS AND SIGNIFICANT
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS CAN BE EXPECTED.  SMALL STREAMS WILL
RISE RAPIDLY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MO=VE OVER BRAXTON COUNTY BY 445 PM AND
CONTRIBUTE TO MORE FLOODING PROBLEMS.

END/ORCHANIAN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA
410 PM EDT WED AUG 23 1989

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE WEST VIRGINIA
PORTION OF THE HUNTINGTON/ASHLAND/IRONTON TRI STATE AREA...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OHIO...

AT 400 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAIN MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO...CABELL...WAYNE
COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA AND BOYD COUNTY KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN THESE ARoEAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

END/JBC