Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 1990, 10:05 PM EDT for Nicholas County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1990, 10:05 PM EDT (02:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1990, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nicholas 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1315 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 100208 FFWCRW WVC067-100600- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1005 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...NICHOLAS COUNTY AT AROUND 10 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR AT BECKLEY INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ENTERING NORTHWESTERN NICHOLAS COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH NICHOLAS COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND CAUSE MORE FLASH FLOODING. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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, 6:01 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
KYZ006-008-WVZ003-100000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 600 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR JOHNSON AND MARTIN COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY TILL 1100 PM EDT. AT 555 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHEAST CARTER COUNTY KENTUCKY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS LOUISA...FORT GAY AREA AROUND 600PM AND EAST WAYNE COUNTY AROUND 700P M EDT. THIS THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE HEAVY RAIN WITH URBAN FLOODING...AND SMALL HAIL. SHUFF
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:27 PM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
KYZ006-008-WVZ003-100000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 625 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR JOHNSON AND MARTIN COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA TILL 8000 PM. AT 625 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL LWRENCE COUNTY KENTUCKY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS LOUISA...FORT \GAY AREA DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR AND INTO EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY AROUND 700 PM EDT. HEAVY RAIN WITH THIS THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING AS IT CROSSES WAYNE COUNTY. SHUFF
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
WVZ006>008-100030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 655 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING... AT 650 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF CHARLESTON EASTWARD THROUGH NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY...ON EAST TO JUST NORTH OF RAINELLE IN WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DRIFTING SOUTHWARD AROUND 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS EVENING. IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING MAY OCCUR. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTHS ON ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/MONEYPENNY
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
WVZ002-004-005-101600- RIVER STATEMENT AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 0800 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 ...RIVER LEVELS OF 3/4 TO NEAR BANKFULL EXPECTED ON THE LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER... THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DURING LAST NIGHT COUPLED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS AFTERNOON HAVE GIVEN RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES OR MORE ACROSS THE UPPER REACHES OF THE LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER. WITH THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS THE LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO LEVELS OF 3/4 TO NEAR BANKFULL AROUND GLENVILLE. THIS MAY CREATE SOME MINOR FLODDING PROBLEMS IN LOW LYING AREAS. THE RIVER AT GLENVILLE IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 19 TO 21 FEET DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. FLOOD STAGE AT GLENVILLE IS 23 FEET. AS THIS CREST MOVES DOWNSTREAM IT WILL GRADUALLY LOWER. THE RESULT WILL BE LEVELS OF 3/4 FLOOD STAGE OR LESS AT GRANTSVILLE AND ELIZABETH ON SUNDAY. END AAR
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
WVZ006>008-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 820 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING... AT 815 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHWESTERN RALEIGH COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR LOGAN AND CHARLESTON EASTWARD TO CASS AND LEWISBURG THEN EXTENDING ON INTO VIRGINIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. HEAVY RAINS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING. PERSONS NEAR AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATERS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. END/FUNDERBURK
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 9:34 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
WVZ006>008-100300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 935 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 3 AM SUNDAY MORNING... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.... AT 930 PM THIS EVENING WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. PERSONS NEAR AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATERS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. ENDg/FUNDERBURK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 9:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 3 hr |
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.