Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Dec 30, 1990, 7:03 PM EST (00:03 UTC)

Expired

Dec 30, 1990, 11:00 PM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Whole counties

County Wayne 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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KYC019-089-115-127-159-OHC053-087-WVC011-053-099-310400-
 
BULLETIN
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
703 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN EAST KENTUCKY
          ...BOYD...GREENUP...JOHNSON...LAWRENCE...MARTIN
IN SOUTH OHIO
          ...GALLIA...LAWRENCE
IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA
          ...CABELL...MASON...WAYNE
 
MANY ROADS ACROSS THE MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY ARE BLOCKED WITH HIGH WATER.
WITH THE GROUND SATURATED AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT ALL STREAMS
WILL RISE CAUSING GREATER FLOODING PROBLEMS. THE FLOODING RANGES FROM
MINOR FLOODING OF SECONDARY ROADS TO PEOPLE BEING EVACUATED FROM THEIR
HOMES IN WAYNE COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TjO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
HATFIELD

In the hours before

KYZ008-301930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
100 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990

...A FLOOD WATCH IS EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY FOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

AT 100 PM...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WAS APPROACHING THE WESTERN COUNTIES
OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. MANY AREAS IN KENTUCKY RECEIVED MORE THAN AN
INCH OF RAIN FROM THIS SYSTEM AND IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY WHERE THE
GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND CREEKS AND RIVERS ARE SWOLLEN FLOODING
WILL POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREA...YOU SHOULD MONITOR
WATER LEVELS CLOSLY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF
RISING WATER IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNI0NG IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
ADDINGTON

KYZ008-302030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
210 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990

...A FLOOD WATCH IS EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY FOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

AT 200 PM...AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED INTO THE
NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
RAIN WAS FROM JACKSON COUNTY...25 MILES WEST OF JACKSON THROUGH LEE
AND WOLFE TO MORGAN COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON. FLOODING
IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COALFIELDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THIS
RAIN SPREADS OVER THE REGION.

IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREA...YOU SHOULD MONITOR
WATER LEVELS CLOSLY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND eIF
RISING WATER IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

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