Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

Sep 16, 1989, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)

Expired

Sep 16, 1989, 6:00 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Area

Whole counties

County Kanawha 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 ACTIVITATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED....
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
400 PM EDT SAT SEP 16 1989


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

   IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF WEST VIRGINIA
      EASTERN PUTNAM...EASTERN LINCOLN...KANAWHA AND BOONE

AT 340 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGITS RESIDING IN PUTNAM
COUNTY REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN.  RADAR INDICATED
A SHORT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM PUTNAM TO BOONE COUNTY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH
...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY...AVOID
DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS ROADS.

HEAVY RAIN OVER SATURATED GROUND WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
STREAMS.  DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS.

ALL RESIDENTS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING CONDITIONS AND TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY.

STEWART

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA
315 PM EDT SAT SEP 16 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR LAWRENCE AND JOHNSON COUNTY KENTUCKY
AND WAYNE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA HAS EXPIRED...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WEST VIRGINIA REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM
EDT THIS EVENING.

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY AND INTO WESTERN
WEST VIRGINIA  ARE NOW IN PUTNAM AND LINCOLN COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA.
REPORTS RECEIVED AT BY THE HUNTINGTON WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE INDICATE
HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS.  NO SEVERE EVENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THIS
TIME.

RADAR INDICATES OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.  THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DROP SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.  IF YOU ARE OUT AND IT BEGINS
TO RAIN BE ALERT TO LOW LYING AREAS AND FOR RAPID RISES ACROSS ROADWAYS.

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

HATFIELD

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.