Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

Jun 14, 1992, 11:34 PM EDT (03:34 UTC)

Expired

Jun 15, 1992, 2:10 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Area

Whole counties

County Lincoln County, WV

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1134 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
 
HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE PAST HOUR HAS CAUSED WATER
TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS AT DONAHUE AND FOUR BRANCH AREA IN WESTERN
LINCOLN COUNTY. THIS IS IN THE WEST HAMLIN-BRANCHLAND AREA. PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND BECAUSE OF THIS FLASH FLOOD.
 
THE RAINS HAVE TAPERED OFF IN LINCOLN COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE W
AS THEY MOVED INTO BOONE COUNTY.
 
BE ON THE WATCH FOR ANY RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS FROM RUN OFF
FROM THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS DURING THE PAST HOUR.
 
 
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
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.

In the hours before

KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-150000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
725 PM EDT SUN JUNE 14 1992

....THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN......

720PM RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE
CENTRAL PIKE-JACKSON COUNTY LINE OF OHIO AND SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY
OF KENTUCKY.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH(0.40) BETWEEN 645 AND
715 PM WERE REPORTED IN SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY.

PERSONS IN THESE AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS
AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED AROUND THE OHIO VALLEY.
MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONERY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER POSSIBLE
STATEMENTS.

END/COSTELLO

WVZ002>009-012-VAZ013>016-KYZ006-008-OHZ007-009-150400-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1032 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1992

DO NOT USE AFTER MIDNIGHT...

AT ABOUT 1030 PM THE CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OVER LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS
AND RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN LINCOLN COUNTY.

OTHER ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE DETECTED NEAR COLUMBUS OHIO, MAGOFFIN COUNTY
IN KENTUCKY, ALSO AN ISOLATED SHOWER SOUTH OF CLARKSBURG IN WEST
VIRGINIA AND ANOTHER CELL BETWEEN BECKLEY AND BLUEFIELD IN WEST VIRGINIA.

ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

END/ORCHANIAN

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992

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.