Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 1990, 6:33 AM EDT for Braxton County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1990, 6:33 AM EDT (10:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1990, 10:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Braxton 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 1187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 091037 FFWCRW WVC007-091430- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 633 AM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...BRAXTON COUNTY AT 620 AM EDT BRAXTON COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING IN PROGRESS ON CUTLETS FORK WITH FLOODING IMMINENT IN TESIL AND ON BLUEFIELD CREEK ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE OVER BRAXTON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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, Jun 9, 2:19 AM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-090900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 219 AM EDT SAT JUN 09 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAIN AREAS OF WEST VIRGINIA CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED BY WEATHER RADAR OVER WESTERN HALF OF BRAXTON COUNTY..NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST ROANE COUNTY AT 215 AM. THESE THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS..LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SOME HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. END/ORCHANIAN
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:52 AM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-090800 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 250 AM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 AT 245 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL MASON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS...ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND THE TELEPHONE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/YOUNG DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS...CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM FORWARD THE INFORMAT ION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 3 AM EDT AND A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN OHIO UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING. END/YOUNG
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:59 AM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-090930 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 430 AM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 AT 425 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER ELLIOTT AND CARTER COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR SANDY HOOK IN ELLIOTT COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF GRAYSON AND WILLARD IN CARTER COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. STAY ALERT TO THE CHANGING WEATHER AND CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/YOUNG
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:20 AM EDT, 13 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-090900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 620 AM EDT SAT JUN 09 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY SAYS THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THIS EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MORGANTOWN TO BECKLEY IN WEST VIRGINIA. PORTIONS OF GILES...MONTGOMERY... AND FLOYD COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ARE INCLUDED IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA. ALL OF WEST VIRGINIA... AND ALL OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA IS INCLUDED IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. END
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 3:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 67 min |
| Jun 9, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Roane | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer | 66 min |
| Jun 9, 3:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie | 58 min |
| Jun 9, 4:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison, Lewis | 116 min |
| Jun 9, 5:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Grant, Preston, Taylor | 116 min |
| Jun 9, 5:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Marion | 116 min |
| Jun 9, 5:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mineral | 116 min |
| Jun 9, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Grant, Mineral, Preston | 116 min |
| Jun 9, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison, Marion, Taylor | 116 min |
| Jun 9, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lewis | 116 min |
| Jun 9, 5:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Nicholas | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 6:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Grant, Tucker | 57 min |
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.