Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 170, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Dec 30, 1990, 8:48 PM EST for Raleigh County, West Virginia. It was in force for 117 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 1990, 8:48 PM EST (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 1990, 10:45 PM EST
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Raleigh 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -304 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 KBKW 310150 RRA FFWBKW WVC081-310345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 848 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BECKLEY WV HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...WESTERN RALEIGH COUNTY AT 840 PM EST THE RALEIGH COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER REPORTED SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AROUND SAXON IN WESTERN RALEIGH COUNTY WERE AT BANKFULL AND WATER WAS STARTING TO GO OUT OF BANKS. 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.
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, 3:24 PM EST, 5 hours 24 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, 4 hours 58 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, 2 hours 49 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, 2 hours 36 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
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 8:13 PM EST, 35 minutes before
WVZ006>008-310300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 810 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND THE GREENBRIER VALLEY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 805 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WITH PATCHES OF MODERATE RAIN COVERING THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN FELL AT THE AIRPORT IN BECKLEY BETWEEN 630 AND 730 PM. THE GROUND HAS BEEN SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT SO MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND ROADWAYS MAY OCCUR AS THE RAIN CONTINUES FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. PERSONS LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS OR IN NORNAL FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. END/FUNDERBURK
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 8:24 PM EST, 24 minutes before
WVZ006>008-310300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 810 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND THE GREENBRIER VALLEY... AT 805 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WITH PATCHES OF MODERATE RAIN COVERING THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN FELL AT THE AIRPORT IN BECKLEY BETWEEN 630 AND 730 PM. THE GROUND HAS BEEN SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT SO MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND ROADWAYS MAY OCCUR AS THE RAIN CONTINUES FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. PERSONS LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS OR IN NORNAL FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. END/FUNDERBURK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 7:06 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph, Tucker, Upshur | 3 hr |
| 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, 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.