Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 1990, 11:53 AM EDT for Pocahontas County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1990, 11:53 AM EDT (15:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1990, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pocahontas 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 931 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 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 261553 FFWEKN WVC075-261900- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 1153 AM EDT SAT MAY 26 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA ...NORTHERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY HEAVY RAINS ARE OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY AROUND SNOWSHOE TO SLATYFORK. MORE HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE OVER THIS AREA FOR THE NEXT 2 HOURS. SMALL STREAMS WILL OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS AS RAINS CONTINUE. 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 HIGHER GROUND. 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. GILKERSON 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, May 26, 5:58 AM EDT, 5 hours 55 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 15 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 10 minutes 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 37 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.
| 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, 11:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 2 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.