Flash Flood Warning 84, NWS Charleston, WV

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
200 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990

A FEW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED IN SOUTHERN OHIO AND
WESTERN VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST
25 TO 30 MPH. AT 145PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
MOVING THROUGH EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY INTO WESTERN KANAWHA. THIS
THUNDERSTORM IS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH FREQUENT AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

MOTORISTS ARE CAUTIONED TO SLOW DOWN AND WATCH FOR WATER ON
ROADS THAT MAY CAUSE HYDROPLANNING AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.
PERSONS OUTDOORS ARE URGED TO MOVE INSIDE BEFORE THE STORM
IS OVERHEAD. LIGHTNING HAS BEEN KNOWN TO STRIKE WELL OUT
AHEAD OF THUNDERSTORMS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING CALL YOUR NEAREST
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY ...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
200 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990

A FEW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED IN SOUTHERN OHIO AND
WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST
25 TO 30 MPH. AT 145PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
MOVING THROUGH EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY INTO WESTERN KANAWHA. THIS
THUNDERSTORM IS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH FREQUENT AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

MOTORISTS ARE CAUTIONED TO SLOW DOWN AND WATCH FOR WATER ON
ROADS THAT MAY CAUSE HYDROPLANNING AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.
PERSONS OUTDOORS ARE URGED TO MOVE INSIDE BEFORE THE STORM
IS OVERHEAD. LIGHTNING HAS BEEN KNOWN TO S"TRIKE WELL OUT
AHEAD OF THUNDERSTORMS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING CALL YOUR NEAREST
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

WVZ005-009-192130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
315 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN MARYLAND AND THE
POTOMAC HIGHLANDS OF WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 305 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF GARRETT AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES OF WESTERN
MARYLAND AND OVER MINERAL..HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHERN HARDY COUNTIES OF
WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ABOUT 5 MILES EAST AND
SOUTHEAST OF KEYSER WEST VIRGINIA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO
30 MILES AN HOUR.

A WEAK COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM NEW ENGLAND WESTWARD THROUGH NORTHERN
PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN OHIO. THE ATMOSPHERE SOUTH OF THE FRONT
ALREADY UNSTABLE DUE TO EARLIER SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
WHICH MOVED THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING..HAS BECOME
MORE UNSTABLE DUE TO HOT TEMPERATURES AND THE INFLUX OF ADDITIONAL
MOIST AIR FROM THE SOUTH. THIS UNSTABLE AIR WILL CAUSE THE RAPID
DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON.

PERSONS LIVING IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH WESTERN MARYLAND AND EASTERN
WEST VIRGINIA..SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS..
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL
IN AN NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

PERSONS LIVING ALONG SMALL STREAMS OR CREEKS OR IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
RAPID FLOODING..SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON WATER LEVELS IN THEIR
AREA. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING ISSUED..MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAYS OR
PONDING WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTHS.

REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER AND/OR FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

FERRELL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
325 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 320 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WESTERN NICHOLAS COUNTY WEST THROUGH
NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY ON WEST TO WAYNE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH AND WILL BE
AFFECTING MINGO..LOGAN..RALEIGH AND WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTIES BY
345 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.
SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. SOME MINOR FLOODING
MAY ALSO OCCURE IN LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

END/CDB

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND
LATE AFTERNOON WEATHER STORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES
OF WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
510 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF WEST
VIRGINIA THROUGH TONIGHT TO 8AM...

STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL AND
EASTERN OHIO. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OBSERVED OVER THE
NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY AND SOUTHERN WIRT COUNTY AROUND 500 PM. THIS
STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD
CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS..GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. OTHER
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
MOUNTAINS..JUST SOUTH OF BECKLEY. THIS PARTICULAR STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

EXCEEDINGLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WAS CAUSING THE FORMATION OF
THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS AGAIN TONIGHT
OVER THE WATCH AREA...ESPECIALLY IF THUNDERSTORMS FORM AND MOVE OVER
THE SAME AREA REPEATEDLY WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

THE WEATHER MAPS LATE THIS AFTERNOON SHOWED A COLD FRONT THAT
STRETCHED FROM CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...WESTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND
NORTHERN IOWA. THE COLD FRONT WILL SAG SLOWLY SOUTHWARD OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS...AND WILL REMAIN CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE MOUNTAIN STATE TO
FOCUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS
ACROSS THE REGION...THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY.

LOOKING AHEAD...THERE WILL BE A DAILY CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH FRIDAY.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

END/ORCHANIAN

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SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
714 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM EDT FOR ALL OF
NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND FOR GRANT COUNTY IN THE POTOMAC
HIGHLANDS...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA...

AT 705 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED
SHOWERS AND VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF EASTERN AND
CENTRAL OHIO..SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA NORTH OF A LINE FROM SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY EAST TO
DAVIS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM NORTHERN
LEWIS COUNTY SOUTHEAST INTO POCAHONTAS AND EAST INTO THE EASTERN
PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES
AN HOUR.

A WEAK COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM NEW ENGLAND WESTWARD THROUGH NORTHERN
PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN OHIO. THE ATMOSPHERE SOUTH OF THE FRONT
ALREADY UNSTABLE DUE TO EARLIER SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
WHICH MOVED THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND TODAY..HAS BECOME MORE
UNSTABLE DUE TO HOT TEMPERATURES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND THE INFLUX
OF ADDITIONAL MOIST AIR FROM THE SOUTH. THIS UNSTABLE AIR WILL CAUSE
THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH TONIGHT.

REMEMBER..SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 55 MPH..LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS LIVING IN OR
TRAVELING THROUGH NORTHERN AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA..SHOULD BE ON
THE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. IF THREATENING APPROACHES SEEK SAFE
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

PERSONS LIVING ALONG SMALL STREAMS OR CREEKS OR IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
RAPID FLOODING..SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON WATER LEVELS IN THEIR
AREA. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING ISSUED..MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAYS OR
PONDING WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTHS.

REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER AND/xOR FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

FERRELL