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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Charleston, WV

May 26, 1990Randolph County, West Virginia

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1990-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1990-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.
SHUFF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 10:47 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBarbour, Harrison, Taylor3 hr
May 26, 10:47 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLewis, Randolph, Upshur3 hr
May 26, 10:47 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXTucker3 hr
May 26, 11:53 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPocahontas3 hr
May 26, 12:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWebster3 hr
May 26, 1:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBarbour, Randolph, Upshur117 min
May 26, 2:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLewis117 min
May 26, 3:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBarbour, Randolph118 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.