Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Oct 18, 1989, 11:27 PM EDT for Logan County, West Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 18, 1989, 11:27 PM EDT (03:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 19, 1989, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Logan 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 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 190327
FFWBKW
WVC045-190530-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
1127 PM EDT WED OCT 18 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BECKLEY WV HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA
...LOGAN
AT 1125 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER
LOGAN COUNTY. AUTOMATED IFLOWS RAINGAGES REPORTED THREE QUARTERS OF AN
INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS EVENING. THE GROUND WAS SATURDTED AND
STREAMS WERE HIGH BEFORE RAIN BEGAN THIS EVENING.
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 18, 5:56 PM EDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
BULLETIN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 545 PM EDT WED OCT 18 1989 ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA INCLUDING FAYETTE...GREENBRIER...MERCER...MONROE...POCAHONTAS... RALEIGH AND SUMMERS COUNTIES... AT 540 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND INTO THE WATCH AREA. STREAMS REMAIN NEAR BANKFULL FROM HEAVY RAINS WITHIN THE PAST FEW DAYS. MANY STREAMS IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA CANNOT HOLD ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. IF HEAVY RAINFALL DOES DEVELOP THIS COULD BE AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. MOVE TO HIGHER GOUND QUICKLY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF FLOODING APPEARS LIKELY]. . END/FUNDERBURK
Special weather statement, Oct 18, 8:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
BULLETIN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 845 PM EDT WED OCT 18 1989 ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA INCLUDING FAYETTE...GREENBRIER...MERCER...MONROE... POCAHONTAS...RALEIGH AND SUMMERS COUNTIES... AT 840 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERING MOST OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTENDING INTO WESTERN VIRGINIA. THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTH AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. STREAMS OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS EVENING WERE NEAR 3/4 BANKFULL. AUTOMATED IFLOWS RAINGAGES REPORTED RAINFALLS OF AROUND ONE-QUARTER INCH AT HUFF KNOB LOOKOUT IN RALEIGH COUNTY /.28/...MANN LOOKOUT TOWER IN FAYETTE COUNTY /.20/...BISHOP /.28/ AND ASHLAND /.24/ IN MCDOWELL COUNTY ...MILL CREEK /.28/ AND IVY KNOW /.24/ IN WYOMING COUNTY AND BIG MUNCEY /.24/ IN MINGO COUNTY. RAINFALL AT THE RALEIGH COUNTY AIRPORT IN BECKLEY WAS .15 OF AN INCH AND BLUEFIELD REPORTED .34 OF AN INCH FOR THE PAST 6 HOURS ENDING AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. PERSONS LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS OR IN NORMAL FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING APPEARS LIKELY OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO EXERCISE CAUTION..DONT TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS..ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. END/FUNDERBURK
Special weather statement, Oct 18, 9:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA 925 AM EDT WED OCT 18 1989 ...SMALL STREAMS ARE EASING OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN JOHNSON COUNTY KENTUCKY... AT ABOUT 900PM EDT THE JOHNSON COUNTY KENTUCKY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT SMALL STREAMS ARE RISING AND STATE ROUTE 1107 IN JOHNSON COUNTY HAS BEEN COVERED BY WATER SINCE ABOUT 430 THIS AFTERNOON. AT 915 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF MODERATE RAIN MOVING EAST AND STRETCHING FROM NORTHERN GALLIA COUNTY IN OHIO SOUTHWEST TO SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN KENTUCKY. THIS AREA OF MODERATE RAIN WILL MOVE INTO JOHNSON COUNTY IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST ONE HOUR BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO LIGHT INTENSITY ONCE AGAIN. AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES (IFLOWS) IN JOHNSON COUNTY INDICATE THAT LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 6 HOURS. HOWEVER...ANYONE LIVING IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG SMALL STREAMS OR CREEKS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE LEVELS OF THESE STREAMS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD HEAVIER RAINS OCCUR SINCE PERIODS OF RAIN REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. THIS AREA OF RAIN WILL BE WATCHED VERY CLOSELY FOR ANY FURTHER DEVELOPMENT.# CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS SHOULD THEY BE NECESSARY. PLYBON...
Special weather statement, Oct 18, 9:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA 925 PM EDT WED OCT 18 1989 ...SMALL STREAMS ARE EASING OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN JOHNSON COUNTY KENTUCKY... AT ABOUT 900PM EDT THE JOHNSON COUNTY KENTUCKY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT SMALL STREAMS ARE RISING AND STATE ROUTE 1107 IN JOHNSON COUNTY HAS BEEN COVERED BY WATER SINCE ABOUT 430 THIS AFTERNOON. AT 915 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF MODERATE RAIN MOVING EAST AND STRETCHING FROM NORTHERN GALLIA COUNTY IN OHIO SOUTHWEST TO SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN KENTUCKY. THIS AREA OF MODERATE RAIN WILL MOVE INTO JOHNSON COUNTY IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST ONE HOUR BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO LIGHT INTENSITY ONCE AGAIN. AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES (IFLOWS) IN JOHNSON COUNTY INDICATE THAT LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 6 HOURS. HOWEVER...ANYONE LIVING IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG SMALL STREAMS OR CREEKS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE LEVELS OF THESE STREAMS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD HEAVIER RAINS OCCUR SINCE PERIODS OF RAIN REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. THIS AREA OF RAIN WILL BE WATCHED VERY CLOSELY FOR ANY FURTHER. DEVELOPMENT. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS SHOULD THEY BE NECESSARY. ...CORRECTION CHANGE ISSUE TIME FROM ...AM...TO ...PM... PLYBON...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 10:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mingo | 118 min |
| Oct 19, 6:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lewis | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989
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.