Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Charleston, WV

WVZ005-008-009-010-011-MDZ008-009-091700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
1045 AM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
AND THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 1035 AM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST VIRGINIA NORTHEAST OF A LINE
FROM NEAR PARKERSBURG SOUTHEAST TO NEAR GREENBANK. THE ACTIVITY
EXTENDED ON NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA..
WESTERN MARYLAND AND THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS
OF WEST VIRGINIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH
NORTHERN AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND INTO THIS
EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE OVER AREAS WHERE THE
GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS. ALSO..THE SEVERE
STORMS FORECAST CENTER SAYS THAT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA AND
OVER WESTERN MARYLAND.

PERSONS LIVING IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH NORTHERN AND EASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND..SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR STRONG
GUSTY WINDS..PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
POSSIBLE HAIL IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU LIVE ALONG OR NEAR A
SMALL STREAM OR CREEK OR IN AN AREA SUBJECT TO RAPID FLOODING..KEEP
A CLOSE WATCH ON WATER LEVELS IN YOUR AREA.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF
HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS AND FLOODING IS OBSERVED..MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER AND/OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

END/FERRELL

WVZ006>008-091900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
150 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 145 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES
OF WYOMING...SUMMERS AND GREENBRIER. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVIEST
RAINFALL WERE IN SUMMERS COUNTY...JUST SOUTH OF HINTON AND ON THE
GREENBRIER...POCAHONTAS COUNTY BORDER MIDWAY BETWEEN LEWISBURG AND
MARLINTON.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD AROUND 20 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON
WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY
WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. PERSONS SHOULD SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER IF
THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS LARGE HAIL...DAzMAGING WINDS OR FLASH
FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR
REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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

END/MONEYPENNY

WVZ003>005-012-092100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
235 PM EDT SAT JUN 09 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR WESTERN AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
UNTIL 400 PM...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING DURING THE LAST HOUR
OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
OVER JACKSON COUNTY JUST NORTHEAST OF RIPLEY AND IN CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THIS AREA
DURING THE AFTERNOON .

THESE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS..DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING..HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HAIL.

END/PCZ