Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Oct 17, 1989, 9:48 AM EDT for Raleigh County, Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was in force for 117 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 17, 1989, 9:48 AM EDT (13:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 1989, 11:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Raleigh County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 223 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KBKW 171348
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WVC081-109-171545-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
948 AM EDT TUE OCT 17 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BECKLEY WV HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
...RALEIGH...WYOMING
IFLOWS AUTOMATED RAINGAGES REPORT IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH OF RAIN DURING
THE PAST HOUR...THIS IS IN ADDITION TO OVER TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES
THAT FELL OVERNIGHT...AND OBSERVERS ARE REPORTING SMALL STREAMS
LEAVING THEIR BANKS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 17, 4:22 AM EDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
BULLETIN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 420 AM EDT TUE OCT 17 1989 ...RAINFALL TOTALS CONTINUE TO RISE OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 410 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED AN AREA OF RAIN...SOME HEAVY...EXTENDING OVER MOST OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER BECKLEY IN RALEIGH COUNTY. AUTOMATED IFLOWS GAGES HAVE REPORTED AN AVERAGE OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE NIGHT. 2.08 INCHES WAS REPORTED AT PIE ON ROUTE 52 IN SOUTHEAST MINGO COUNTY. NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT BECKLEY...HOWEVER...AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL IT IS LIKELY THAT WATER WILL RISE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AND LOW LYING ROADWAYS WILL HAVE STANDING WATER CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF WATER OVER ROADS. AVOID DRIVING THROUGH AREAS COVERED BY WATER...AND ADJUST YOUR DRIVING SPEEDS TO COMPENSATE FOR THE RAIN AND WET PAVEMENT. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FhOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND REPORT ANY SERIOUS FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. END/CALCATERRA
Special weather statement, Oct 17, 9:00 AM EDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 845 AM EDT TUE OCT 17 1989 ....SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING IN MARTIN COUNTY KENTUCKY.... AT 845 AM EDT THIS TUESDAY MORNING WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IN JOHNSON AND MARTIN COUNTIES OF KENTCUKY. THE MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF STATED THAT WATER WAS OVER ROUTE 40 BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF INEZ AND WARFIELD. THE RADAR SHOWS THE RAIN MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. MANY OTHER ROADS IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY ARE CLOSED THIS MORNING DUE TO HIGH WATER. IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN THIS AREA DO NOT CROSS A HIGHWAY IF WATER IS FLOWING ACROSS IT. STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OF TV SLTATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS THIS MORNING. COLLINS...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 9:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mingo | 59 min |
Nearby
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Sources
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.