Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

Sep 15, 1989, 11:37 PM EDT (03:37 UTC)

Expired

Sep 16, 1989, 2:15 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Area

Whole counties

County Logan 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
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
1137 PM EDT FRI SEP 15 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BECKLEY WV HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA
          ...LOGAN
 
AT 1130 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY INDICATED
HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY AND LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAINFALL IN WESTERN LOGAN COUNTY. AN AUTOMATED RAIN GUAGE (IFLOWS) HAS
MEASURED 1.61 INCHES AT LOMI DURING THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL IS LIKELY WHICH WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO
OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.
 
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
END/PLATE

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA
915 PM EDT FRI SEP 15 1989

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST
KENTUCKY...

AT 900 PM EDT RAIN IS DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT OVER THE IMMEDIATE
HUNTINGTON TRI STATE AREA AND BECOMING MIXED WITH LIGHT DRIZZLE.
HOWEVER...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY BE EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE
NIGHT.

REPORTS FROM RADIO RAINGAGES (IFLOWS) IN EASTERN KENTUCKY AND WESTERN
WEST VIRGINIA INDICATE THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE MIDDAY HAVE BEEN
GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE INCH...ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW IN
EXCESS OF THAT FIGURE.  PUTNAM AND LINCOLN COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA
ARE INDICATED TO HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN 1.25 AND 1.50 INCHES SINCE MID
DAY.

THE STEADY RAINS OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING HAVE SATURATED THE
GROUND IN MOST AREAS.  WITH THIS IN MIND...ANY SUDDEN DOWNPOUR WHICH
MIGHT ACCOMPANY A THUNDERSTORM COULD BRING SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS
OUT OF THEIR BANKS VERY QUICKLY.  ANYONE LIVING IN LOW-LYING FLOOD
PRONE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE ONSET OF HEAVY RAIN DURING THE
NIGHT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF CREEKS BEGIN TO SPILL
OVER.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO
OR TELEVISION STATION FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THIS VERY WET
SITUATION.

PLYBON

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.