Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 1990, 12:45 PM EDT for Webster County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1990, 12:45 PM EDT (16:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1990, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Webster 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 182 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.
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TTAA00 KCRW 261654
FFWCRW
WVC101-261945-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1245 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF WEST VIRGINIA
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTY
AT 1230 PM EDT BOTH FORKS OF THE HOLLY RIVER AND THE HEADWATERS OF THE
ELK RIVER WERE NEARING BANKFUL AND RISING RAPIDLY. THESE STREAMS ARE
SOON EXPECTED TO GO OVER THEIR BANKS.
FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING ON MOST STREAMS IN THE WARNED AREA.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE IN,TO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS ROADWAYS.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
END/PARKEWhat 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, 7:38 AM EDT, 5 hours 7 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, 5 hours 2 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, 3 hours 29 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, 11:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 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
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
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.