Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 1990, 11:43 AM EDT for Randolph County, West Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1990, 11:43 AM EDT (15:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1990, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randolph 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, May 26, 5:58 AM EDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-261200 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
Special weather statement, May 26, 7:38 AM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-261400 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
Special weather statement, May 26, 7:43 AM EDT, 4 hours before
WVZ002-003-004-005-009-012-261330- 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
Special weather statement, May 26, 9:16 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-261500 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. SHUFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 10:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Taylor | 3 hr |
| May 26, 10:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lewis, Randolph, Upshur | 3 hr |
| May 26, 10:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Tucker | 3 hr |
| May 26, 11:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 3 hr |
| May 26, 12:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 3 hr |
| May 26, 1:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Randolph, Upshur | 117 min |
| May 26, 2:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lewis | 117 min |
| May 26, 3:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Randolph | 118 min |
Nearby
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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.