Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Charleston, WV

WVZ006>008-010600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
1205 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990

...VIVID ELECTRICAL SHOW OVER RALEIGH COUNTY...

AT 1200 MIDNIGHT EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER RALEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS
WERE SCATTERED OVER POCAHONTAS AND WOOD COUNTIES.

THE THUNDERSTORM OVER RALEIGH COUNTY HAS BEEN PRODUCING ALMOST CONTINUOUS
LIGHTNING...AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.

ALTHOUGH THIS LIGHTNING MAY BE SPECTACULAR TO VIEW...IT IS DANGEREOUS
AND CAPABLE OF CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY AND EVEN DEATH.  STAY INDOORS...
AWAY FROM WINDOWS...AND AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES
UNLESS AN EMERGENCY EXISTS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
END/CALCATERRA

WVZ002-005-009-012-010700-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1255 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990

THUNDERSTORMS WITH DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STREAKING
ACROSS NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

SHORTLY BEFORE 1 AM...HEAVY RAINS WERE FALLING OVER WETZEL...TYLER...
PLEASANTS...AND RITCHIE COUNTIES.  THE RAINS WERE EXITING THE
IMMEDIATE PARKERSBURG AREA.

THE STORMS ARE STREAKING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES PER HOUR.  THIS MEANT
BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL BE SEEN IN MARION...DODDRIDGE...
HARRISON...GILMER...LEWIS...BRAXTON...AND UPSHUR COUNTIES BETWEEN 1
AND 2 AM.  THIS INCLUDED AREAS AROUND WEST UNION...FAIRMONT...
CLARKSBURG...WESTON...AND GLENVILLE.

ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS WERE FURTHER TO THE EAST...NEAR GRAFTON OF TAYLOR
COUNTY AND MOVING INTO TUCKER COUNTY AT 1 AM.  THE COMPLEX TO THE
WEST WILL LIKELY REACH TAYLOR...BARBOUR...AND TUCKER COUNTIES
AROUND 2 AM.  SO THIS REGION WILL BE HIT TWICE IN A FEW HOURS.

SMALL STREAMS WILL RISE RAPIDLY AS THESE DOWNPOURS STREAK THROUGH
NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.   DUE TO THE LATE HOUR...FLOOD PRONE
SMALL STREAMS SHOULD BE CHECK BY COUNTY OFFICIALS IF HEAVY RAINS MOVE
THROUGH.  OF COURSE...MOST RESIDENTS ARE SLEEPING.

MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO PULL OFF ROADWAYS AND WAIT OUT
THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

END/BATTY

WVZ005-009-010-011-MDZ008-009-010635-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
135 AM EDT SUN JUL 01 1990

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND...

WEATHER RADAR AT 130 AM EDT INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM MORGANTOWN SOUTHWEST THROUGH MARION...TAYLOR...
HARRISON AND BARBOUR COUNTIES AND WESTERN GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND.
THE STRONGEST STORM WAS MOVING INTO BARBOUR COUNTY.

REPEATED THUNDERSTORM RAINS CAN CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. VERY HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE SMALL
STREAM FLOODING.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST
AROUND 45 MPH.

KEEP WATCH ON THE SKY AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO
SAFE SHELTER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

GILKERSON

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WVZ008-009-010-MDZ008-009-010815-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
318 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR GARRETT COUNTY OF WESTERN MARYLAND AND
MINERAL COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA EXPIRED AT 3 AM EDT. SOME MINOR
FLOODING CONTINUES IN GARRETT COUNTY. THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE PUSHED EAST
AND SOUTH OF THESE COUNTIES REDUCING ANY FURTHER FLOODING THREAT.

WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS
HAMPSHIRE...HARDY...PENDLETON...SOUTHERN RANDOLPH AND NORTHERN
POCAHONTAS COUNTIES. THE MAIN CONCERN AT THIS TIME APPEARS TO BE
SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA WERE HEAVY RAINS OCCURRED
DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THIS SITUATION WILL BE WATCH CLOSELY.

CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

GILKERSON

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WVZ006-007-008-VAZ015-016-011600-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
430 AM EDT SAT JUL 1 1990

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS IN EXTREME SOUTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA TODAY.  THIS IS GENERALLY FROM
THE WILLIAMSON...BECKLEY...AND LEWISBURG REGION ON SOUTH INTO
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEFINES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AS ONE
CONTAINING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR LARGE HAIL.g

THUNDERSTORMS COULD EVEN OCCUR THIS MORNING IN THIS REGION.
YET...STORMY CONDITIONS WILL BE BRIEF AT ANY ONE LOCATION.

NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA WILL SEE A WELCOME BREAK FROM THUNDERSTORMS.

END/BATTY

KYZ006-OHZ009-WVZ003-011030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
525 AM EDT SUN JUL 01 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...

AT 520 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING LINE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WESTERN SCIOTO COUNTY OHIO
SOUTH THROUGH LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY TO ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF
JACKSON.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND
WILL BE MOVING ACROSS GREENUP...CARTER AND ELLIOTT COUNTIES THROUGH
615 AM EDT.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.  BE ALERT TO
THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND REMAIN INDOORS IF THESE STORMS
APPROACH YOUR AREA.  STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS...THE TELEPHONE AND OTHER
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

END/DCY