Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 1992, 12:34 AM EDT for Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1992, 12:34 AM EDT (04:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1992, 2:42 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wyoming County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2270 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 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 KBKW 130440 FFWBKW WVC109-130730- BULLETIN FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 1234 AM EDT WED MAY 13 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BECKLEY WV HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...NORTHERN WYOMING COUNTY AT 1235 AM THIS MORNING RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN WYOMING COUNTY. THE IFLOWS RAINGAUGE AT IVY KNOB SHOWED 1.54 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS. TONEY FORK AND CLEAR FORK CREEKS ARE EXPECTED TO GO OUT OF BANKS IF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES. 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, May 12, 9:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-130330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 935 PM EDT TUE MAY 12 1992 ....THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 930 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED TWO THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR THE WYOMING-MERCER COUNTY LINE NEAR MATOAKA. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST FAYETTE COUNTY NEAR RAINELLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOWED VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND EVEN SMALL HAIL. IF THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHwONES. END/CGF
Special weather statement, May 12, 10:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-130400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 1015 PM EDT TUE MAY 12 1992 ....THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 1010 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EASTERN WYOMING...EASTERN MCDOWELL AND EASTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOWED VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT BUT APPEARED TO BE WEAKENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING BECAUSE OF THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT. IF YOU ARE IN THIS AREA WATCH FOR RISING WATER LEVELS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING APPEARS LIKELY. END/CGF
Special weather statement, May 12, 11:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-130500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 1120 PM EDT TUE MAY 12 1992 ....THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 1115 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER WYOMING...SOUTHWEST MERCER AND EXTREME NORTHERN SUMMERS COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOWED VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT BUT APPEARED TO BE SPREADING WESTWARD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING BECAUSE OF THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT. IF YOU ARE IN THIS AREA WATCH FOR RISING WATER LEVELS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING APPEARS LIKELY. END/CGF
Special weather statement, May 13, 12:17 AM EDT, 17 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-130600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 1215 AM EDT WED MAY 13 1992 ....THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 1210 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN WYOMING..WESTERN RALEIGH.. SOUTHERN BOONE AND SOUTHERN GREENBRIER COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WYOMING..BOONE AND RALEIGH COUNTIES WERE MOVING NORTHWARD AT AROUND 15 MPH AND THE STORM OVER GREENBRIER WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SOMEq URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING BECAUSE OF THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT. IF YOU ARE IN THIS AREA WATCH FOR RISING WATER LEVELS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING APPEARS LIKELY. END/CDB
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992
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.