Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 1990, 8:20 AM EDT for Raleigh County, West Virginia. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 1990, 8:20 AM EDT (12:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1990, 9:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 55 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 12:00Z, 0.3 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
- 581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KBKW 221220
FFWBKW
WVC081-221315-
BULLETIN
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
820 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BECKLEY WV HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
...RALEIGH
RALEIGH COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES REPORTS NUMEROUS ROADWAYS IN RALEIGH
COVERED BY STANDING WATER. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN BECKLEY
INDICATES RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ABOUT 900 AM
EDT. SAND BRANCH CREEK...COVE CREEK...AND MAPLE FORK CREEKS ARE
REPORTED TO BE OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS. LOW LYING AREAS AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS MAY BE WATER COVERED....AND WILL REMAIN COVERED FOR
ABOUT THE NEXT TWO HOURS...UNTIL 10AM WHILE NATURAL DRAINAGE OCCURRES.
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, May 22, 3:41 AM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
WVZ006>008-220900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 340 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 1990 AT 335 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER MONROE COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF UNION. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AN$D GUSTY WINDS. URBAN FLOODING MAY OCCUR. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTHS ON ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/BRAMBLE
Special weather statement, May 22, 7:40 AM EDT, 40 minutes before
WVZ006>008-220900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 740 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 1990 AT 730 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR OAK HILL IN FAYETTE COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO NEAR WELCH IN MCDOWELL COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO OCCURRING OVER BECKLEY IN RALEIGH COUNTY. REPORTS OF ROADWAYS COVERED BY WATER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...UNTIL ABOUT 8:30 AM. ALTHOUGH NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. MORNING COMMUNTERS SHOULD USE CAUTION...AND AVOID DRIVING THROUGH WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/RJC
Special weather statement, May 22, 7:53 AM EDT, 27 minutes before
WVZ002>009-0012-VAZ015-016-221500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 745 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 1990 RAIN SPREAD INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FELL OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM ONE HALF TO AROUND ONE INCH WITH SOME SPOTTY AMOUNTS TO AROUND 1.50 INCHES. THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS 2.15 INCHES AT CABIN CREEK IN EASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY. GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH FELL NORTH FROM THE PARKERSBURG AREA TO MORGANTOWN AND NORTH. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF FLOODING PROBLEMS AT THIS TIME. RAIN IS STILL FALLING OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN NOW OCCURRING FROM THE CHARLESTON AREA NORTHEAST AND EAST THROUGH SUTTON...SUMMERSVILLE AND WEBSTER SPRINGS. SOME AREAS MAY RECEIVE ANOTHER 0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES OF RAIN BEFORE IT ENDS TODAY...BUT NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE ANTICIPATED. THE STORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS RAINFALL EVENT WAS ENTERING WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING AND IS EXPECTED TO TRACK OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOULD END OVER MUCH OF THE AREA BY DURING THE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT SOME LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE IS LIKELY TO LINGER IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON. DRY WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR THE REGION FROM TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY SO THE GROUND SHOULD HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO DRY BEFORE THE NEXT RAINFALL. END/ZINN
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.