Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 77, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 1990, 6:11 PM EDT for Kanawha County, Putnam County, West Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 1990, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1990, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kanawha County, WV, Putnam 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 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 KCRW 222216 FFWCRW WVC039-079-230015- BULLETIN SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 611 PM EDT SUN JUL 22 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...KANAWHA COUNTY...PUTNAM COUNTY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING INTO WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY AT THIS TIME. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO KANAWHA COUNTY IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCED ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HnIGHER GROUND.
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, Jul 22, 3:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
WVZ005-222045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 338 PM EDT SUN JUL 22 1990 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO HARRISON AND LEWIS COUNTIES AT 3:29 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN MONONGALIA COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO JUST NORTH OF BECKLEY WEST VIRGINIA. THE AREA CONTAINING THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE JUST ENTERING WESTERN HARRISON AND NORTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS THIS LINE OF SHOWERS HAS MOVED WEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH FROM THE OHIO RIVER. THIS COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO LOW LYING AREAS AND POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS. PERSONS LIVING ALONG..OR RECREATIONAL INiTERESTS ALONG SMALL STREAMS OR CREEKS IN THE AREA OF THESE STORMS SHOULD WATCH WATER LEVELS CLOSELY. KEEP A WATCH ON THE SKY AND MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED. GAV NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 5:38 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
WVZ005-009-222245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 535 PM EDT SUN JUL 22 1990 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA... AT 5:30 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN PRESTON COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH TUCKER INTO RANDOLPH AND POCAHONTAS COUNTIES. MORGANTOWN FLIGHT SERVICE STATION REPORTED .90 OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN ABOUT AN HOUR AS A THUNDERSTORM PASSED BY THE AIRPORT. SOME BASEMENT FLOODING AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE NORTHERN MORGANTOWN AND STAR CITY AREAS. RAINS HAVE NOW MOVED EAST OF THE CITY. MOTORIST SHOULD BE ALERT TO PONDING WATER ON HIGHWAYS AND FLOODING TO POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IF HEAVY RAINS OCCUR IN YOUR AREA. PERSONS LIVING ALONG..OR RECREATIONAL INTERESTS ALONG SMALL STREAMS OR CREEKS IN THE AREA OF THESE STORMS SHOULD WATCH WATER !LEVELS CLOSELY. KEEP A WATCH ON THE SKY AND MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED. GILKERSON END
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 5:46 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VAZ013>016-KYZ006-008-OHZ007-009-222300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 545 PM EDT SUN JUL 22 1990 DO NOT USE AFTER 7 PM... AT 530 PM EDT THE WEATHER RADAR AT CHARLESTON SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH STRECHED FROM MASON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA SOUTHWESTWARD TO AROUND THE WEST VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY BORDER IN MARTIN COUNTY KENTUCKY. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 30 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS WITH AMOUNTS OF 3/4 TO 1 1/4 INCHES IN AN HOUR. AS A RESULT SOME BRIEF LOCALIZED URBAN AND STREET FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH WEST CENTRAL COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA. ELSEWHERE IN WEST VIRGINIA THERE IS A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH STRECHES FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF PRESTON COUNTY SOUTHWARD ALONG THE MOUNTAINS TO NEAR LEWISBURG WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN A( LINE FROM NICHOLAS TO KANAWHA COUNTIES. THESE ARE ALL MOVING EASTWARD AT AROUND 25 MPH. THERE ARE ALSO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT EASTERN KENTUCKY. END AAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 29 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.