Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 1990, 2:33 PM EDT for Lewis County, West Virginia. It was in force for 117 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1990, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1990, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lewis 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEKN 261833 RRA FFWEKN WVC041-262030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 233 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA ...LEWIS COUNTY HEAVY RAINS ARE MOVING OVER NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTY AND MANY SMALL STREAMS ARE NEAR OR OVER THEIR BANKS. THE MAIN PROBLEMS ARE OCCURRING ALONG POLK AND STONECOAL CREEKS IN LEWIS COUNTY. THESE STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE. WEATHER RADAR SHOWS AN AREA MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS EXTENDING FROM RITCHIE COUNTY EAST THROUGH NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTY. 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. GILKERSON NNNN
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, May 26, 9:16 AM EDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-261500 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 910 AM EDT SAT MAY 26 1990 THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA HAVE MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS WHEN THEY REDEVELOP. IF YOUR PLAN ON BOATING ON RIVERS OR LAKES...BE WATCHFULL FOR THREATENING SKIES AND SEEK SHELTER OFF THE WATER IF A THUNDERSTORM IS OBSERVED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER BROADCAST MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER FOR THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. SHU FF
Special weather statement, May 26, 2:17 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-262100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 210 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 1990 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REDEVELOPED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY . THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY AND NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO AND ARE MOVING EAST NEAR 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON A LINE FROM GALLIPOLIS OHIO TO HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA BLAINE IN LAWRENCE COUNTY KENTUCKY AROUND 3PM. HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS MOVE EAST DURING THE NEXT 2 HOURS. FURTHER...SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH A FEW OF THE HEAVIER SHOWEyRS. IF YOU PLAN ON BOATING ON RIVERS OR LAKES...BE WATCHFULL FOR THREATENING SKIES AND SEEK SHELTER OFF THE WATER IF A THUNDERSTORM IS OBSERVED. SHUFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 10:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Taylor | 3 hr |
| May 26, 10:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lewis, Randolph, Upshur | 3 hr |
| May 26, 10:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Tucker | 3 hr |
| May 26, 11:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 2 hr |
| May 26, 11:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 3 hr |
| May 26, 12:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 3 hr |
| May 26, 1:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Randolph, Upshur | 117 min |
| May 26, 3:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Randolph | 118 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.