Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 1990, 6:37 PM EDT for Preston County, West Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1990, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1990, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Preston 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 689 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 152237 FFWEKN WVC077-160045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 637 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA ...PRESTON COUNTY RADAR SHOWED CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF PRESTON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN MOVING THROUGH THE SAME AREAS OF PRESTON COUNTY FOR ABOUT AN HOUR TO AN HOUR AND A HALF. AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES INDICATE THAT OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IS FALLING IN SOME AREAS OF PRESTON COUNTY IN ABOUT AN HOUR. THE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN GETTING THE MOST RAIN ARE TUNNELTON AND THE GLADES FARM AREA JUST NORTH OF HAZELTOWN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. 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 15, 1:48 PM EDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
WVZ005-009-151945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 148 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 1990 WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF ELKINS NORTH THROUGH TUCKER COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN PRESTON COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER NORTHERN TUCKER COUNTY NORTHEAST OF ST. GEORGE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND SOME AREAS COULD GET REPEATED HEAVY RAINS. SMALL STREAMS SHOULD BE MONITORED IF HEAVY RAINS DEVELOP. KEEP A WATCH ON STREAM LEVELS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF WATER LEVELS START RISING. GUSTY WINDS...LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL MAY OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GILKERSON END NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
WVZ006>008-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 300 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 255 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER FAYETTE AND NICHOLAS COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA FROM NEAR CHARLESTON AND PICKENS SOUTHWARD TO THE VIRGINIA BORDER. THEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON. END/FUNDERBURK
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:52 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 545 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA... AT 530 PM CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHERN ROANE... CALHOUN AND CLAY COUNTIES IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH. PONDING OF WATER MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND SMALL STREAM AND CREEKS MAY RISE TO HALF OR THREE QUARTERS BANKFULL AS THESE STORMS SLOWLY MOVE BYm. END/REL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 12:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Tyler, Wetzel | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Marion | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph, Upshur | 4 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.