Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 91, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 1990, 1:23 PM EDT for Wood County, West Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 22, 1990, 1:23 PM EDT (17:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 1990, 3:30 PM 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 12:00Z, 5.4 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
- 117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 221727 FFWCRW WVC107-221930- BULLETIN SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 123 PM EDT WED AUG 22 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA ...WOOD COUNTY MINOR URBAN FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN PARKERSBURG AT 1 PM. THE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT ALSO REPORTED THAT WALKER CREEK HAD OVERFLOWED ALONG COUNTY ROUTE 7 EAST OF PARKERSBURG. ACCORDING TO COUNTY OFFICIALS...NO HOMES WERE BEING THREATENED. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN PARTS OF WOOD COUNTY FROM DAWN TO NOON. RAINFALL RATES WERE DECREASING OVER WOOD COUNTY ON WEATHER RADAR AT 1 PM. YET...RAIN WILL STILL LIKELY FALL THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. SINCE RAINFALL WAS SUBSIDING AT 1 PM...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS NOT ISSUED. REPEATING...A SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WOOD COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM. 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 ABANNDONED. END/BATTY
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 22, 7:47 AM EDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
OHZ009-221300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 745 AM EDT WED AUG 22 1990 THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MEIGS COUNTY OHIO HAS EXPIRED...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 740 AM EDT INDICATES THAT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORNS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS MEIGS COUNTY. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL BE FALLING NOW AND FURTHER FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A ROADWAY THAT HAS WATER RUNNING ACROSS IT...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH THE WATER. THE SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING FOR GALLIA COUNTY OHIO CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM EDT...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JACKSON COUNTY OHIO CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTILL 815 AM EDT. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST DETAILS. SHUFF
Local storm report, Aug 22, 9:42 AM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 935AM EDT WED AUG 22 1990 DATE... 8/22/90 TIME... 630AM - 7AM LOCATION...MEIGS COUNTY OHIO TYPE...FLASH FLOODING..ROUTE 684 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING BETWEEN PAGEVILLE AND HARRISONVILLE INJURIES...NONE REPORTED FATALITIES...NONE REPORTED SOURCE...COUNTY SHERIFF DATE... 8/22/90 TIME... 645AM - 730AM LOCATION...JACKSON COUNTY OHIO TYPE...FLASH FLOODING...SEVERAL TOWNSHIP ROADS OFF ROUTE 35 TO THE EAST OF VEGA. INJURIES...NONE REPORTED FATALITIES...NONE REPORTED SOURCE...COUNTY SHERIFF DATE... 8/22/90 TIME... 7AM - 745AM LOCATION...GALLIA COUNTY OHIO TYPE...FLASH FLOODING..URBAN STREET...ALONG BOTH SIDES OF ROUTE 35 NEAR CENTERVILLE..RIO GRANDE AND RODNEY. INJURIES...NONE REPORTED FATALITIES...NONE REPORTED SOURCE...COUNTY SHERIFF DATE... 8/22/90 TIME... 730AM LOCATION...GALLIA AND MEIGS COUNTIES OF OHIO TYPE...FLASH FLOODING...ALONG STATE ROUTE 235 BETWEEN VINTON (GALLIA COUNTY) AND LANGSVILLE (MEIGS COUNTY). ROUTE 235 CLOSED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. INJURIES...NONE REPORTED FATALITIES...NONE REPORTED SOURCE...COUNTY SHERIFFS AND SPOTTER IN MEIGS COUNTY. END/DG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 3:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wood | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 5:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 6:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wood | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 8:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 7:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison | 3 hr |
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.