Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND
EARLY MORNING WEATHER STORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN
SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
450 AM EDT SAT MAY 26 1990

BRIEF DOWNPOURS OCCURRED DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS ACROSS NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.  THE REGION AROUND PARKERSBURG AND ST MARYS
...THE MIDDLE ISLAND CREEK...THE LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER VALLEY
...AND THE UPPER ELK RIVER VALLEY AROUND SUTTON AND WEBSTER SPRINGS
SAW THE MAJORITY OF THESE SHOWERS DURING THE PREDAWN.  YET...MORE
BRIEF DOWNPOURS FELL AROUND CLARKSBURG AND MORGANTOWN PLUS PARTS OF
THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.

BRIEF DOWNPOURS CAN STILL OCCUR THIS MORNING ACROSS THE SAME
REGION AFFECTED OVERNIGHT.  WEEKEND CAMPERS AND RECREATIONAL
ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD BE AWARE AND PREPARED FOR RAPID RISES ON SMALLER
STREAMS AND CREEKS.

THE TREND LATER THIS AFFTERNOON SHOULD BE FOR THE HEAVIER SHOWERS
TO DEVELOP FURTHER TO THE SOUTH...IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.  MOST OF THAT REGION REMAINED DRY LAST NIGHT.
YET...THE PICTURE WAS NOT CLEARCUT.  AFTER DIGESTING THE OBSERVED
RAINFALL REPORTS FROM AROUND THE STATE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WILL CONSIDER THE TRENDS FOR THIS AFTERNOON TO DETERMINE IF ANY FLASH
FLOOD WATCHES ARE NEEDED.

IN ADDITION...THE SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER SAID THERE
WAS A SLIGHT RISK OF WIND OR HAIL DAMAGE FROM THUNDERSTORMS
AS FAR EAST AS A PARKERSBURG TO CHARLESTON TO WILLIAMSON
LINE IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ON THE WEATHER MAP...A WARM FRONT PUSHED NORTH THRU KENTUCKY
LAST NIGHT AND INTO WEST VIRGINIA.  AS A RESULT...DAWN
TEMPERATURES WERE NOTICEABLY MILDER.  THE FRONT STRETCHED
DOWN THE OHIO VALLEY TO MISSOURI.  THE FRONT WILL BE NUDGED
UP INTO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA TODAY BEFORE SINKING BACK SOUTH
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.  THE FRONT SHOULD PUSH BACK INTO SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

SO WET WEATHER...ABUNDANT CLOUDS...AND COOLER THAN NORMAL
TEMPERATURES ARE STILL FORECAST FOR TODAY AND SUNDAY.

DRIER AIR SHOULD MOVE INTO OUR REGION ON MEMORIAL DAY AS THE
FRONT SINKS FURTHER TO OUR SOUTH.  DESPITE THE BRIGHTER SKIES
RETURNING ON MONDAY..Z.TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
COOL FOR THE UNOFFICIAL START TO THE SUMMER SEASON.

END/BATTY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
600AM EDT SAT MAY 26 1990

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTH-CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 555AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW
VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL OHIO. THESE
SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE ACROSS THE COUNTIES OF PIKE..JACKSON AND MEIGS
WITH THE HEAVIEST STORM OVER NORTHEASTERN NORTHERN MEIGS COUNTY.

BRIEF HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME
SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE HEAVY STORMS AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE
EAST AT AROUND 40 MPH.

THIS SITUATION WILL LIKELY CONTINUE DURING THE DAY AND SOME SMALL
STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY RISE TO NEAR BANKFULL AND THERE MAY BE SOME
URBAN STREET FLOODING FROM THESE HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

END/DG

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
740AM EDT SAT MAY 26 1990

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTH-CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 735AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL OHIO. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NORTHERN SCIOTO...CENTRAL LAWRENCE AND
GALLIA COUNTIES OF OHIO.

BRIEF HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME
SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE HEAVY STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS
YOUR AREA.
THIS SITUATION WILL LIKELY CONTINUE DURING THE DAY AND SOME SMALL
STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY RISE TO NEAR BANKFULL AND TkHERE MAY BE SOME
URBAN STREET FLOODING FROM THESE HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
SHUFF

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
735 AM EDT SAT MAY 26 1990

DO NOT USE AFTER 9:30 AM....

AT 7:30 THIS MORNING...DOWNPOURS WERE FALLING IN THE OHIO VALLEY
BETWEEN PARKERSBURG AND HUNTINGTON AND ACROSS CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA.  SPECIFICALLY...THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE IN PARTS OF
MASON...JACKSON...ROANE...CALHOUN...WIRT...GILMER...BRAXTON...
WEBSTER AND SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES.  THIS WOULD INCLUDE
COMMUNITES SUCH AS POINT PLEASANT...RIPLEY...SPENCER...SUTTON...
AND WEBSTER SPRINGS.

THIS REGION HAD BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS DURING THE PREDAWN TOO.
RAINFALL RATES OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH PER HOUR MAY
OCCUR IN A FEW LOCATIONS IN THESE COUNTIES THROUGH 9 AM.

SMALL STREAMS COULD RISE QUICKLY TO BANKFULL THIS MORNING.
RAIN INTENSITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH IN THIS WEST TO EAST
CORRIDOR AFTER 9 AM.

THE TENDENCY IS FOR THE HEAVIER RAINS TO SHIFT SLOWLY SOUTH.
HEAVIER SHoOWERS COULD AFFECT THE HUNTINGTON...TEAYS VALLEY...
CHARLESTON AND SUMMERSVILLE REGION FOR MID MORNING.  HOWEVER...THIS
REGION DID NOT SEE SHOWERS DURING THE PREDAWN.

END/BATTY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
910 AM EDT SAT MAY 26 1990

THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA HAVE MOVED TO THE
NORTHEAST OF THE AREA.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...
HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL
MAY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS WHEN THEY REDEVELOP.

IF YOUR PLAN ON BOATING ON RIVERS OR LAKES...BE WATCHFULL
FOR THREATENING SKIES AND SEEK SHELTER OFF THE WATER IF  A
THUNDERSTORM IS OBSERVED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER BROADCAST MEDIA
FOR LATER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER FOR THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
SHUFF