Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 1990, 5:16 PM EDT for Webster County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1990, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1990, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Webster 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 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 1925 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1230 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 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 KCRW 092116
FFWCRW
WVC101-100115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
516 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF WEST VIRGINIA
WEBSTER
AT ABOUT 510 PM CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS..HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY HAIL
FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST KANAWHA COUNTY..OVER CLAY COUNTY..AND
SOUTHERN BRAXTON COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER WEBSTER
COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. RAINFALL RATES OF 1.5 INCHES
CAN BE EXCPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH WEBSTER COUNTY.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS 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 TO HIGHER GROUND.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS ROADWAYS.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO
KNOW WHERE YOU ARE IN RELATION TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS THAT
CAN BECOME DEADLY WHEN SWOLLEN BY HEAVY RAIN. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID
CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS WHEN HEAVY RAIN THREATENS.
END/ORCHANIANWhat 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, 1:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:16 PM EDT, 1 hour before
WVZ006>008-092200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 415 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...A PORTION OF SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY... PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN VIRGINIA...AND PARTS OF NORTHERN MARYLAND UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING...THIS INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 410 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL SECTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND WESTERN VIRGINIA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMSh WERE MOVING EASTWARD AROUND 20 MPH. IF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA GO TO A SAFE REINFORCED SHELTER. END/FUNDERBURK
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, 6:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton | 4 hr |
| 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, 5:19 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
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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.