Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 82, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 19, 1990, 1:41 AM EDT for Wood County, West Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 1990, 1:41 AM EDT (05:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1990, 3:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wood 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 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1860 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1097 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 190546 FFWCRW WVC107-190745- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 141 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA ...NORTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY A WEATHER OBSERVER IN WOOD COUNTY REPORTED 5.05 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 9 PM AND 1230 AM THIS EVENING IN THE LAUREL CREEK AREA. ASHBY RIDGE ROAD AND WINDING ROAD ARE UNDER WATER. SEVERAL OTHER ROADS ARE ALSO INPASSABLE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALGLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAPLANTE
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, Aug 18, 8:56 PM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-190230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 855 PM EDT SAT AUG 18 1990 AT 845 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CHARLESTON SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME HEAVY...MOVING FROM OHIO INTO NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF PARKERSBURG TO 10 MILES WEST OF NEW MARTINSVILLE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE ATHENS OHIO AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DURING THE NEXT HOUR THEY WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN WOOD AND PLEASANTS COUNTIES INTO WIRT... RITCHIE..AND TYLER COUNTIES. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THIS TIME...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. END/REA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 61 min |
| Aug 19, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Hampshire, Hardy | 61 min |
| Aug 19, 6:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 7:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Wirt | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 7:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun | 3 hr |
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.