Flash Flood Warning 89, NWS Charleston, WV

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA
330 PM EDT WED NOV 15 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND PARTS OF
NORTHEAST KENTUCKY UNTIL 9 PM...

THE LOCAL COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE

IN OHIO...ADAMS..GALLIA..JACKSON..LAWRENCE..MEIGS..PIKE AND SCIOTO

IN KENTUCKY...LEWIS..GREENUP..CARTER..ELLIOT..LAWRENCE AND BOYD

AT 330 PM EST...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST
NORTHWEST OF WILMINGTON OHIO THROUGH CINCINATTI AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKY CONTINUED TO PUSH TOWARD THE TRI STATE AREA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN
HOUR.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS NEAR 50
MILES AN HOUR.

KEEP AN EYE ON THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED
TO SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES.   CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS REGARDING THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

YOUNG...

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA
335 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND PARTS OF
NORTHEAST KENTUCKY UNTIL 9 PM...

THE LOCAL COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE

IN OHIO...ADAMS..GALLIA..JACKSON..LAWRENCE..MEIGS..PIKE AND SCIOTO

IN KENTUCKY...LEWIS..GREENUP..CARTER..ELLIOT..LAWRENCE AND BOYD

AT 330 PM EST...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST
NORTHWEST OF WILMINGTON OHIO THROUGH CINCINATTI AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKY CONTINUED TO PUSH TOWARD THE TRI STATE AREA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN
HOUR.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS NEAR 50
MILES AN HOUR.

KEEP AN EYE ON THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED
TO SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES.   CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS REGARDING THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

...CORRECTED TO CHANGE HEADER TO EST...

YOUNG...

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA
500 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND PARTS OF
NORTHEAST KENTUCKY UNTIL 9 PM...

AT 455 PM EST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM JUST SOUTH OF COLUMBUS OHIO TO HILLSBORO OHIO TO GEORGETOWN OHIO
TO JUST WEST OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES
AN HOUR AND WILL BE PASSING INTO PIKE AND ADAMS COUNTIES IN OHIO AND
LEWIS COUNTY IN KENTUCKY BEFORE 530 PM THIS EVENING.

MANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...LARGE
HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  KEEP AN EYE ON
THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION
STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE HWARNINGS.

YOUNG...

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND...
LATE AFTERNOON WEATHER STORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES
OF WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
500 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

...WINTERLIKE WEATHER WILL ROAR INTO THE REGION THURSDAY...

A VERY BALMY NOVEMBER DAY WAS OBSERVED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AS HIGH
TEMPERATURES CLIMBED INTO THE 60S AND LOWER 70S. CHARLESTON REACHED 76
DEGREES...SOME 21 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS PUSHED VARIABLE CLOUDINESS ACROSS THE AREA ALONG WITH A FEW
SCATTERED SHOWERS.

THE LATE AFTERNOON WEATHER MAP SHOWS A STRONG STORM CENTER OVER
NORTHWEST OHIO WITH A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTH THROUGH
CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE INTO MISSISSIPPI. A LARGE AREA
OF HIGH PRESSURE IS MOVING OUT OF THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES INTO THE
NORTHERN PLAINS.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AND WILL
REACH WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION DURING
THE NIGHT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN
MAY ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. WIND GUSTS MAY REACH 40 TO 5O MPH AND
RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH IN AN HOUR IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA BY MIDNIGHT.
IT SHOULD REACH THE MOUNTAINS BY 400 AM AND MOVE EAST OF THE FORECAST
AREA BY SUNRISE. WINDS WILL SHIFT SHARPLY FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE
NORTHWEST AS THE FRONT PASSES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE BEHIND THE FRONT AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN THE
FALL TOWARD WINTERLIKE READINGS.

THURSDAY WILL BE WINDY AND MUCH COLDER WITH RAIN TURNING TO SNOW
SHOWERS AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE 30S. ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND
AN INCH ARE EXPECTED WITH 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW
SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE 15
TO 25 DEGREE RANGE. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
FROM AN INCH OR TWO IN THE WESTERN LOWLANDS UP TO 5 INCHES IN THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA.

FRIDAY WILL PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE SOUTH AND MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE NORTH
WITH LINGERINJG LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL STAY AT OR BELOW THE FREEZING MARK IN MOST
LOCATIONS.

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