Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Charleston, WV

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
825 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 815 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA NEAR AND MAINLY SOUTH OF PITTSBURG EXTENDING SOUTHWEST
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND ON SOUTHWEST TO
EAST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30
TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EMBEDDED IN A LARGE AREA
OF RAIN AND SHOWERS WHICH COVERED MUCH OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA..THE
NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA..MUCH OF THE EASTERN HALF AND
SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO..NORTHERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND EXTREME
WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA FROM SISTERSVILLE SOUTHWEST TO POINT PLEASANT.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOST LIKELY ENTER THE NORTH CENTRAL
COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUES TO ONE HOUR. THE
ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST..AFFECTING THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS, THE GREENBRIER VALLEY, THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN
PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND TONIGHT.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAINS AS
THEY MOVE THROUGH..HOWEVER LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE AS THE ASSOCIATED AREA OF RAIN MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
AREA. IF HEAVY RAINS PERSIST OVER AN AREA FOR A LONG DURATION..
FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS COULD
OCCUR.

PERSONS LIVING IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH NORTHERN AND EASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND..SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR STRONG
GUSTY WINDS..PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
POSSIBLE HAIL IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU LIVE ALONG OR NEAR A
SMALL STREAM OR CREEK OR IN AN AREA SUBJECT TO RAPID FLOODING..KEEP
A CLOSE WATCH ON WATER LEVELS IN YOUR AREA.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF
HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS AND FLOODING IS OBSERVED..MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER AND/OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
910 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA...

A LARGE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MMOVING ACROSS
OHIO DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. VERY HEAVY RAIN
WAS REPORTED IN SEVERAL AREAS AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH. SATELLITE
PICTURES AND WEATHER RADAR INDICATE THAT THE INTENSITY OF THE STORMS
HAS BEEN DECREASING DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS. HOWEVER...SOME OF THE
STORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

THE AIR MASS ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA IS VERY MOIST AND SOME LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT AS THE STORMS MOVE SOUTHEAST
THROUGH WEST VIRGINIA IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SOME PONDING OF WATER
IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE HEAVY
DOWNPOURS.

THE WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON IS MONITORING THIS SITUATION CLOSELY
AND WILL ISSUE RADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
1015 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 1005 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A LINE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE
LEADING EDGE EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF POINT PLEASANT SOUTH TO ABOUT
20 MILES EAST OF WAYNE AND ON SOUTHWEST TO NEAR PRESTONBURG IN FLOYD
COUNTY KENTUCKY. THE LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND
WILL MOVE INTO MINGO AND LOGAN COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA BY
1100 PM.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS
AS THEY MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

IN ADDITION...A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED OVER
SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA. ONE OF THESE WAS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN
NICHOLAS COUNTY 10 TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHWOOD. THE OTHER WAS
OVER SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UNION. BRIEF
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM OVER NICHOLAS COUNTY WILL MOVE ACROSS
NORTHERN GREENBRIER COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR WHILE THE STORM OVER
MO?NROE COUNTY WILL MOVE ACROSS WETERN CRAIG COUNTY VIRGINIA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1105 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS WEAKENING OVER WEST VIRGINIA...

THE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH OHIO...WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA AND THE NORTHRN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE
EVENING WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY AS THEY MOVED INTO WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. BY 11 PM A LARGE BAND OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SOUTH AND WEST
INTO WEST VIRGINIA NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ELKINS TO WILLIAMSON.

SOME PATCHES OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WERE STILL DETECTED BY WEATHER
RADAR NEAR MORGANTOWN...NEAR SISTERSVILLE AND NEW MARTINSVILLE ALONG
THE OHIO RIVER AND FROM NEAR SAINT ALBANS SOUTH THROUGH LOGAN AND ON
TO PIKEVILLE KENTUCKY. THE INTENSITY OF THE RAIN CONTINUED TO DIMINISH
AND THE THREAT OF ANY SIGNIGFICANT HEAVY RAIN APPEARS TO BE OVER FOR
THE TIME BEING IN MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA.
THE AIR MASS OVER THE STATE IS STILL VERY MOIST AND LOCALLY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS COULD OCCUR IF THUNDERSTORMS REGENERATE DURING THE NIGHT.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN PITTSBURGH ISSUED FLASH
FLOOD WARNINGS EARLIER IN THE EVENING FOR OHIO AND MARSHALL
COUNTIES IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND THEY CONTINUE IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
1115 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 1105 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A LINE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE
LEADING EDGE EXTENDED FROM NEAR SPENCER TO CHARLESTON TO ABOUT 15 MILES
EAST OF LOGAN THEN SOUTHWEST TO NEAR WHITESBURG IN LETCHER COUNTY
KENTUCKY. THE LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE
INTO RALEIGH...WYOMING...AND MCDOWELL COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
BY MIDNIGHT.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS
AS THEY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE OVER NICHOLAS AND MONROE COUNTIES AT 1005 PM
HAVE SINCE DISSIPATED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
205 AM EDT THU JUN 14 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS OVER WEST VIRGINIA...

CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS FROM THUDERSTORMS WERE
OCCURRING AT ABOUT 155 AM ALONG THE CALHOUN-GILMER COUNTY
BORDER..SPECIFICALLY ONE CELL WAS 5 MILES WEST OF GLENVILLE..AND
ANOTHER CELL WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GLENVILLE. SCATTERED
AREAS OF MODERATE RAINS WERE ALSO OBSERVED FROM SUTTON-RAINELLE..AND
LEWISBURG. MODERATE RAINS WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER BARBOUR..LEWIS AND
UPSHUR COUNTIES.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOWED LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT DURING
THE PAST HOUR. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY RI,SE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE
WHO LIVE ALONG ANY SMALL STREAM AND CREEK SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS
AFTER ANY HEAVY RAINS AND BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE IF NECESSARY.
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.

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