Flash Flood Warning 73, NWS Charleston, WV

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
10AM EDT MON AUG 07 1989

TIME                EVENT..WEDNESDAY AUGUST 23 1989

505PM EDT..FLASH FLOODING..WAYNE COUNTY WV..STREET FLOODING REPORTED
                           IN SEVERAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN PORTION OF
                           COUNTY..DUNLOW AND CABWAYLINGO STATE FOREST.
                           ROADS BLOCKED BY STREAM OVERFLOW OF BANKS.
                           WS 52 BLOCKED NORTH OF DUNLOW AREA.

620PM EDT..FLASH FLOODING..LAWRENCE COUNTY OH..SEVERAL ROADS BLOCKED BY
                           SMALL STREAM FLOODING..SOUTH POINT AREA.
                           BASEMENT AND STREET FLOODING IN PEDRO AREA.

935PM EDT..FLASH FLOODING..WAYNE COUNTY WV..WHITES CREEK OUT OF BANKS
                           BLOCKED STREETS AND FLOODED BASEMENTS IN
                           CENTERVILLE AND PRICHARD AREAS.
END/DG

LOCAL STORM REPORT..CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
110PM EDT THU AUG 24 1989

TIME                EVENT..WEDNESDAY AUGUST 23 1989

505PM EDT..FLASH FLOODING..WAYNE COUNTY WV..STREET FLOODING REPORTED
                           IN SEVERAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN PORTION OF
                           COUNTY..DUNLOW AND CABWAYLINGO STATE FOREST.
                           ROADS BLOCKED BY STREAM OVERFLOW OF BANKS.
                           WS 52 BLOCKED NORTH OF DUNLOW AREA.

620PM EDT..FLASH FLOODING..LAWRENCE COUNTY OH..SEVERAL ROADS BLOCKED BY
                           SMALL STREAM FLOODING..SOUTH POINT AREA.
                           BASEMENT AND STREET FLOODING IN PEDRO AREA.

935PM EDT..FLASH FLOODING..WAYNE COUNTY WV..WHITES CREEK OUT OF BANKS
                           BLOCKED STREETS AND FLOODED BASEMENTS IN
                           CENTERVILLE AND PRICHARD AREAS.
END/DG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA
155PM EDT THU AUG 24 1989

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA AGAIN...

AT 145PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND
A FEW HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA. THE BAND
STRETCHED FROM MEIGS COUNTY OHIO SOUTHWEST ACROSS GALLIA AND LAWRENCE
COUNTIES OHIO..CABELL AND WAYNE COUNTIES WEST VIRGINIA..INTO GREENUP
AND BOYD COUNTIES KENTUCKY.  MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS WAS SOUTHEAST
AROUND 5 MILES AN HOUR.

THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN GREENUP COUNTY KENTUCKY AND
SOUTHERN GALLIA COUNTY OHIO.  THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND HEAVY RAINS OF
THESE STORMS COULD CAUSE SOME SMALL STREAMS IN GREENUP AND GALLIA
COUNTIES TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS BLOCKING OFF ROADS ALONG THE STREAMS.

NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED BUT SOME MINOR FLOODING BLOCKING ROADS
COULD OCCUR AS THESE HEAVY STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE TRI-STATE
AREA.  IF FLOODING DOES OCCUR MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY..DO NOT
DRIVE THROUGH STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS AND ASK THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL ISSUED O]N THIS SITUATION AS NEEDED.

END/DDG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
310 PM EDT THU AUG 24 1989

AT 305 PM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS
AND GUSTY WINDS WERE MOVING THROUGH PUTNAM COUNTY..AND ALSO THE
NORTHERN PART OF LINCOLN COUNTY AND THROUGH BOONE COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.

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

RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY REACH 1 TO 11/2 INCHES PER HOUR IN LOCALIZED
SPOTS. SMALL STREAMS WILL RISE RAPIDLY IN RESPONSE TO ANY HEAVY
RAINS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH KANAWHA COUNTY BY 415 PM.

END/ORCHANIAN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
6:15 PM EDT THU AUG 24 1989

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION
OF RANDOLPH COUNTY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
1.50 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED ALONG THE GEORGETOWN ROAD BETWEEN
BEVERLY AND DAILEY BETWEEN 4 AND 5:30 PM EDT. DAILEY REPORTED 0.90
INCH OF RAIN BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM.

THIS RAINFALL ON ALREADY GROUND SOAKED BY HEAVY RAINS OF YESTERDAY              WILL CAUSE SOME SMALL STREAMS TO RISE TO BANKFULL POSSIBLY TO
OVERFLOWING.

THE 6 PM RADAR UPDATE SHOWS A BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN FROM
SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY TO THE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN UPSHUR THROUGH
CENTRAL RANDOLPH INTO SOUTHERN PENDLETON COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA.
MOST OF THE MODERATE RAINFALL WAS FROM NEAR MABIE TO OVER BEVERLY.
THE BAND OF RAIN IS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTH EAST AROUND 25
MILES AN HOUR, AND HAS BEEN DECREASING IN INTENSITY AND AREAL
COVERAGE DURING THE PAST HOUR.

PERSONS LIVING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND IN  AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE
SHOULD KEEP A WATCH ON WATER LEVELS THROUGH THIS EVENING. NEVER
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER STANDING ON, OR FLOWING ACROSS
ROADWAYS.

END/MH