Flash Flood Warning 93, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

Dec 31, 1989, 9:30 AM EST (14:30 UTC)

Expired

Dec 31, 1989, 12:30 PM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Area

Whole counties

County Lewis 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 - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
930 AM EST SUN DEC 31 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
          ...LEWIS

THE WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE AND WESTON FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS
AN ICE JAM ON POLK CREEK PRODUCED SOME MINOR FLOODING, BUT IS NOW
STARTING TO BREAK AND WATER IS RECEEDING. OTHER SMALL STREAMS ARE
STARTING TO OVERFLOW IN LEWIS COUNTY...MAINLY DUE TO ICE JAMS. MINOR
FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON MURPHYS CREEK.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA TODAY...EXCEPT THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN PANHANDLE.

FAVORITE AREAS FOR ICE JAMS TO FORM ARE NEAR BRIDGES, WHERE STREAMS
MAKE SHARP TURNS...SMALL DAM AREAS AND WHERE STREAMS AND CREEKS ENTER
INTO OTHER WATERWAYS THAT MAYBE FROZEN.

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. IF OFFICIALS ASK YOU
TO EVACUATE...DO SO


GILKERSON

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In the hours before

WVZALL-MDZ008-009-311530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - ELKINS WV
7:45 AM EST SUN DEC 31 1989

...PATCHY ICE ACROSS THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN PANHANDLE OF
WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME WESTERN MARYLAND...

LIGHT RAIN IS FALLING ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA AND EXTREME WESTERN MARYLAND. TEMPERATURES ARE AT OR JUST
BELOW FREEZING CAUSING THE RAIN TO FREEZE AS IT MAKES CONTACT WITH
THE GROUND. SOME ICY STREETS AND HIGHWAYS...ESPECIALLY THE SECONDARY
ONES...HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THIS AREA. THE STATE POLICE AT
ROMNEY, WEST VIRGINIA REPORTS PATCHY ICE BETWEEN ROMNEY AND
MARTINSBURG. THE CIVIL DEFENSE IN CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND REPORTS MANY
OF THE STREETS AND ROADS ARE QUITE SLICK.

MOTORIST TRAVELING ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN
MARYLAND SHOULD BE ALERT TO ICE ON THE HIGHWAYS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW
LYING AREAS SUCH AS DIPS. DRIVE WITH CAUTION AND WATCH FOR THE
ICE...WHICH CAN BE VERY HARD TO SEE SOMETIMES.

WARMER AIR OUT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH
TEMPERATURES UP ABOVE FREEZING BY THIS AFTERNOON.

GILKERSON

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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.