Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1991
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 1991, 8:36 PM EDT for Pocahontas County, West Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1991, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1991, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pocahontas County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 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
- 2122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1111 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 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 200036 FFWEKN WVC075-200245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 836 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST WEST VIRGINIA ...SOUTHERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER SOUTHERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY FOR ABOUT THE LAST TWO HOURS. THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM NORTH OF MARLINTON SOUTH INTO GREENBRIER COUNTY AND EAST INTO WESTERN VIRGINIA. ALTHOUGH NO REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN OR FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE..RADAR AND SATELLITE REPORTS INDICATE THAT RAINFALL OF TWO TO THREE INCHES HAS OCCURRED IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY. WHILE NO REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED..IT IS LIKELY THAT FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN SOME AREAS OF SOUTHERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY..ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF ISOLATED MOUNTAINOUS AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. 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. 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, Jul 19, 2:38 PM EDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
WVZ005-009-192045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 238 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 1991 ...THE SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA EXPIRED AT 215 PM EDT... THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA FROM MID-MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON..DUMPING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF RAIN. THE CONTINUED HEAVY RAINS PROMPTED THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO ISSUE A SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 215 PM EDT. SINCE THE HEAVIER RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS RANDOLPH COUNTY AND THE THREAT OF FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED..THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SOME HEAVIER RAINFALL FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS CAUSED WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IN THE ELKINS AREA. REPORTS INDICATE THAT MINOR FLOODING OCCURRED ON 5TH STREET AT AND NEAR THE SENIOR CENTER, AT THE FORESTRY BUILDING AT THE CORNER OF SYCAMORE STREET AND BOUNDARY AVENUE, ON HARRISON AVENUE AT THE STATE POLICE BARRACKS AND AT NELLA'S IN CRYSTAL SPRINGS. OTHER WIDESPREAD SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING MAY HAVE OCCURRED ELSEWHERE ACROSS NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY..BUT NO OTHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAINFALL REPORTS ACROSS RANDOLPH COUNTY AS OF 1230 PM EDT INCLUDE: 1.07 INCHES AT PUMPKINTOWN 2.10 INCHES AT BOWDEN 2.15 INCHES AT GILMAN 2.29 INCHES AT GLADY 2.46 INCHES AT THE ELKINS-RANDOLPH COUNTY AIRPORT 2.50 INCHES AT BEMIS ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE AREA..THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR MORE HEAVY RAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP. PERSONS LIVING NEAR OR ALONG SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS OR IN AREAS SUBJECT TO RAPID FLOODING SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO WATER LEVELS IN THEIR AREA..ESPECIALLY DURING AND JUST AFTER A HEAVY RAIN EVENT. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER AND/OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIOH OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/FERRELL
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:07 PM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-192100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 405 PM EDT THU JULY 18 1991 AT 400 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHERN OHIO...AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF PORTSMOUTH OHIO SOUTHWEST TO LEXINGTON KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN PIKE COUNTY OHIO JUST WEST OF PIKETON AND IN LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY NORTHWEST OF VANCEBURG. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PLYBO
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:27 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-192223- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 525 PM EDT THU JULY 18 1991 AT 520 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHERN OHIO...AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS HAD SLOWED CONSIDERABLY AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. AN AREA OF SHOWERS WAS INDICATED IN OHIO FROM CENTRAL GALLIA COUNTY TO JUST WEST OF PORTSMOUTH IN SCIOTO COUNTY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST DURING THE EVENING. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THESE STORMS. PLYBON
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:33 PM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-192223- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 525 PM EDT THU JULY 18 1991 AT 520 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHERN OHIO...AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS HAD SLOWED CONSIDERABLY AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED IN OHIO FROM CENTRAL GALLIA COUNTY TO JUST WEST OF PORTSMOUTH IN SCIOTO COUNTY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST DURING THE EVENING. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THESE STORMS. ...CORRECTION TO WORDING IN LINE FOUR... PLYBON
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-192300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 608 PM EDT THU JULY 18 1991 AT 600 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHERN OHIO...AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED IN OHIO FROM CENTRAL GALLIA COUNTY...EASTWARD TO EAST CENTRAL MASON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO INDICATED IN GREENUP COUNTY KENTUCKY JUST NORTHWEST OF GREENUP. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY DEVELOP DURING THE EVENING. THESE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE MINOR STREET FLOODING AND SMALL STREAMS MAY OVERFLOW WITH PROLONGED PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THESEz STORMS. PLYBON
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 7:42 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
WVZ008-012-200030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 740 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 1991 ...HEAVY RAINS FALLING IN SOUTHERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY... AT 735 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF POCAHONTAS COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GREENBRIER COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING AT MARLINTON AND OVER WATOGA STATE PARK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SHOWN VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT OVER THE PAST ONE AND A HALF HOURS. PERSONS...AND ESPECIALLY CAMPERS...NEAR THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF RAPIDLY RISING WATERS. IF FLOODING DOES OCCUR SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND SHOULD NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER ON ROADWAYS. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH AND# MOVE INTO WESTERN VIRGINIA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LASTEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/WJM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mineral | 57 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1991Every flash flood warning in 1991
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.