Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 1990, 5:19 PM EDT for Mineral County, West Virginia. It was in force for 116 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1990, 5:19 PM EDT (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1990, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mineral 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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 2583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 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 KEKN 092119 FFWEKN MDC023-WVC023-057-033-041-049-077-091-092315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 519 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST MARYLAND ...GARRETT COUNTY IN EAST WEST VIRGINIA ...NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY...MINERAL COUNTY IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA ...HARRISON COUNTY...NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTY...EASTERN MARION COUNTY ...SOUTHERN PRESTON COUNTY...EASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN MARION..NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR..SOUTHERN PRESTON..NORTHWESTERN LEWIS..SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON.. AND OVER NORTHERN GRANT COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLIGHTLY NORTH OF EAST AT AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY WILL MOVE INTO MINERAL COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER TAYLOR ..MARION AND PRESTON COUNTIES WILL MOVE THROUGH THOSE AREAS AND INTO GARRETT COUNTY OF WESTERN MARYLAND WITHIN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DUMPING NEAR 1 INCH OF RAIN AND POSSIBLY MORE IN ABOUT AN HOUR. SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. IF FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. END/FERRELL NNNN
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, 1:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 29 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 40 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 3 minutes 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, 5:16 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 | 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.