Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 1992, 8:22 PM EDT for Summers County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1992, 8:22 PM EDT (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1992, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Summers County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 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 050023 FFWBKW WVC089-050315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 822 PM EDT THU JUN 4 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BECKLEY WV HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...SUMMERS COUNTY AT 815 PM SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT IN SUMMERS COUNTY REPORTED FLOODING OCCURRING AT ELLISON IM WESTERN SUMMERS COUNTY ON MADAMS CREEK. HEAVY RAIN HAS DRAIN LINES BACKED UP IN THE CITY OF HINTON WITH WATER OVERFLOWING THE STREETS. . A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. END/MONEYPENNY
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, Jun 4, 5:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-042300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 540 PM EDT THU JUN 04 1992 ...HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER PORTIONS OF THE TWO VIRGINIAS... AT 535 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OVER FAYETTE...RALEIGH AND MERCER COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA AND BLAND COUNTY VIRGINIA. THIS RAIN IS MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. IFLOWS RAIN GAGES INDICATED THAT AS MUCH AS ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THOUGH NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED...PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE TWO VIRGINIAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS OR IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IF HEAVY RAINS DEVELOP THIS EVENING. PERSONS FROM OAK HILL TO BECKLEY AND BLUEFIELD SHOULD ESPECIALLY BE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS...THIS INCLUDES MOTORISTS ON THE WEST VIRGINIA TU%RNPIKE AND U.S. ROUTE 19. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/WJM
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-050000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 640 PM EDT THU JUN 04 1992 ...HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER PORTIONS OF THE TWO VIRGINIAS... AT 635 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OVER FAYETTE...RALEIGH... MERCER AND SUMMERS COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA AND BLAND AND GILES COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA. THIS RAIN WAS MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. IFLOWS RAIN GAGES AND COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS INDICATED THAT AS MUCH AS ONE HALF TO ONE AND A QUARTER INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR PAX IN RALEIGH COUNTY...WATER IN DIXON'S BRANCH AND PAINT CREEK WAS MUDDY AND RISING. AROUND ONE AND A QUARTER INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR ELLISON IN SUMMERS COUNTY AND MAY CAUSE THE LITTLE BLUESTONE RIVER TO SHOW MODERATE RISES. PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE TWO VIRGINIAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS OR IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS THIS EVENING. IF ANY FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD GRADUALLY SHIFT EA3ST INTO THE GREENBRIER VALLEY OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/WJM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 9:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mercer | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 11:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mercer | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mercer | 6 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.