Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 164, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Dec 30, 1990, 7:06 PM EST for Randolph County, Tucker County, Upshur County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 1990, 7:06 PM EST (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 1990, 10:15 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Randolph County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Upshur 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 513 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 498 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 310008 RRA FFWEKN WVC083-093-097-310315- BULLETIN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 706 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA ...NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY...WESTERN TUCKER COUNTY...UPSHUR COUNTY. REPORTS SHOW THAT RAINFALL IN THE ABOVE NAMED COUNTIES HAS EXCEEDED ONE INCH OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES FROM SOUTHERN UPSHUR COUNTY WEST VIRGINA TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF TUCKER COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. SMALL STREAMS, ALREADY SWOLLEN WITH RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN AND SNOWMELT OF OF THE PAST FEW DAYS, WILL RISE QUICKLY. 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 TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLESq CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. END MH/GAV 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, Dec 30, 2:27 PM EST, 4 hours 39 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VAZ015-016-302200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 225 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA... AT 215 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CHARLESTON INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES WEST OF WILLIAMSON TO JUST WEST OF CHARLESTON TO SPENCER TO THE GLENVILLE AREA. THE STORMS ARE JUST AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT SWEEPING THROUGH THE REGION. THEY WILL MOVE TO A LINE FROM WILLIAMSON TO CHARLESTON TO MORGANTOWN BETWEEN 230 AND 300 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AMD 50 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL. SHORT DURATION HEAVY RAINS WERE REPORTED IN MANY AREAS AS THE LINE MOVED THROUGH. THE MOVEMENT OF THE LINE WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. MOVEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. A FLOOD WATCH FOR STREAMS AND CREEKS IS ALSO IN EFFEC`T THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. END/REA
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 3:19 PM EST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
WVZ006>008-302100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 320 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 ...FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 315
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 3:24 PM EST, 3 hours 42 minutes before
WVZ006>008-302100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 320 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 ...FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 315 WEATHER RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM SUTTON IN BRAXTON COUNTY TO NEAR GAULEY BRIDGE IN FAYETTE COUNTY ON INTO BOONE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN KANAWAHA COUNTY NORTHEAST INTO CLAY COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD AT AROUND 40 MPH AND COULD PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. SOME MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND RAODWAYS MAY ALSO OCCURE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/BRAMBLE
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 3:50 PM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
KYZ006-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-302315 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 345 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 ...FLOOD WATCH FOR WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 8:00 PM TONIGHT... EASTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 10:30 PM ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ALL SMALL STREAMS ARE RUNNING AT HALF TO NEAR BANK FULL. AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVER THE MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY. POSSIBLY UP TO A HALF INCH MORE OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. THIS RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO ADD TO THE PROBLEMS OF RISING STREAMS DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUND. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS AS YOUR VEHICLE COULD BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE FORCE OF EVEN SHALLOW WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. COSTELLO
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 5:59 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
WVZ006>008-310100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 600 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 ...FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND THE GREENBRIER VALLEY UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND A FLOOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST COAL FIELD UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING... AT 550 WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM WESTERN NICHOLAS COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH WESTERN FAYETTE...SOUTHERN KANAWHA... SOUTHEASTERN BOONE...NORTHWEST RALEIGH...SOUTHERN LOGAN AND SOUTHERN MINGO COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PRODUCE BRIEF VER.Y HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SOME MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND RAODWAYS MAY OCCUR AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. END/FUNDERBURK
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 6:12 PM EST, 54 minutes before
WVZ006>008-310100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 600 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 ...FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND THE GREENBRIER VALLEY UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST COAL FIELD UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING... AT 550 WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM WESTERN NICHOLAS COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH WESTERN FAYETTE...SOUTHERN KANAWHA... SOUTHEASTERN BOONE...NORTHWEST RALEIGH...SOUTHERN LOGAN AND SOUTHERN MINGO COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PRODUCE BRIEF VERY; HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SOME MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND ROADWAYS MAY OCCUR AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. END/FUNDERBURK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 8:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison, Marion, Monongalia, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 8:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Preston | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 8:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lewis | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 8:48 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 117 min |
| Dec 30, 10:43 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Greenbrier | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
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.