Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1991
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Mar 22, 1991, 7:59 AM EST for Lincoln County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 1991, 7:59 AM EST (12:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 1991, 11:00 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 266 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 689 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 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 KCRW 221258 RRA FFWCRW WVC043-221600- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 759 AM EST FRI MAR 22 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA ...LINCOLN COUNTY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO LINCOLN COUNTY AND ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3/4 TO 1.25 INCH. THIS WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 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.
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, Mar 22, 3:49 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VA015-016-221600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 348 AM EST FRI MAR 22 1991 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORM CENTER IN KANSAS CITY SAYS THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR ALL OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE BEST THREAT FOR ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WOULD BE DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS A THUNDERSTORM THAT CONTAINS LARGE HAIL (DIME SIZE OR LARGER) AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS...THAT IS WIND SPEED GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 58 MPH. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMAPNY ANY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. BE PREPARED FOR ANY SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS TODAY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES. END/ORCHANIAN
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 6:49 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
WVZ003-KYZ006-OHZ009-221500 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 645 AM EST FRI MAR 22 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO TRI STATE AREA... AT 645AM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...WERE MOVING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OHUO VALLEY. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED NEAR 3/4 INCH OF RAIN SINCE 615 AM. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. EARLY MORNING MOTORIST SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND BE ALERT TO RISING WATER. REMEMBER SOME SMALL STREAM AND DITCH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. SDTAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. HATFIELD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 7:52 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Putnam | 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.