Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 1992, 2:45 PM EDT for Hampshire County, Hardy County, West Virginia. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1992, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 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 181845 FFWEKN WVC027-031-181945- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 245 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST WEST VIRGINIA ...SOUTHERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY...HARDY COUNTY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR ALL OF HARDY COUNTY AND THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTION OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA. RADAR INDICATES STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL MOVING THROUGH THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA TOWARDS THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS CONTAIN HEAVY RAINSHOWERS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THE WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR PENDELTON AND GRANT COUNTIES AT 245 PM EDT AS THE STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THOSE COUNTIES. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCMENT OFFICALS AND ASK THAT THEY RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. END/GAV 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, Jun 18, 12:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-181745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 1215 AM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHEAST KETUCKY THIS AFTERNOON... AT 1212 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY MOVING EAST NEAR 30 MPH. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS WERE OVER GALLIA COUNTY OHIO AND GREENUP AND BOYD COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY. SMALL STREAMS COULD RISE RAPIDLY WITH THESE SHOWERS SO IF YOU LIVE NEAR A SMALL STREAM...STAY ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND RISING WATER. SHUFF
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
WVZ009-010-MDZ009-181830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 130 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEASTERN W.VA... AT 125 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS EXTENDING FROM GARRETT CO. MARYLAND AND PRESTON COUNTY W.VA... SOUTHWEST THROUGH TUCKER...RANDOLPH...POCAHONTOS...AND WEBSTER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL BE INTO GRANT AND PENDELTON COUNTIES BY 145 PM EDT. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY AND OVER NORTHERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY WERE SOME RADIO REPORTING RAIN GAGES (IFLOWS) HAVE RELAYED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER AN INCH IN ONE HOUR. STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL BE RUNNING HIGH IN THE HUTTONSVILLE AREA FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...HOWEVER...NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO WATCH FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AS THEY TRAVEL THROUGH THESE AREAS OF WEST VIRGINIA FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS. END/GAV NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:47 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
WVZ006-007-171845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 1245 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 AT 1227 PM...WEATHER RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED AN ATEA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...OVER PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA... WEST VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY. THE AREA STRETCHED FROM PETERSBURG VIRGINIA THROUGH ALDERSON TO CLINCHCO VIRGINIA AND VAN LEAR KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR WILLIAMSON. ANOTHER STROMG STORM WAS IN NORTHERN GREENBRIER COUNTY MOVING INTO POCAHONTAS COUNTY. THE AREA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR WHILE INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS TODAY COULD BE ACCOMPANIED WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES. MOTORISTS DRIVING THROUGH HEAVY DOWNPOUR SHOULD WATCH FOR PONDING OF WATER IN ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REMEMBER TO SHINE HEADLIGHTS ON LOW BEAM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/SAB
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:56 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-181840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 150 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON... ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...... AT 145 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THIS AREA OF STORMS HAS PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ACROSS THESE AREAS. SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS AREA RUNNING HIGH AND SOME AREAS ARE EXPERIENCING LOCAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING OUT OF THESE AREAS DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, SOME POSSIBLY STRONG WITH HEAVY RAIN, AREA EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY PRODUCE MORE LOCALIZE FLOODING WITH FLASH FLOODS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. PERSONS NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE RAPID RISE IN WATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER POSSIBLE STATEMENTS. END/COSTELLO
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:56 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
WVZ006-007-171845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 145 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 AT 127 PM...WEATHER RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...OVER PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA... WEST VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY. THE AREA STRETCHED FROM PETERSBURG VIRGINIA THROUGH ALDERSON TO CLINCHCO VIRGINIA AND VAN LEAR KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR WILLIAMSON. ANOTHER STROMG STORM WAS IN NORTHERN GREENBRIER COUNTY MOVING INTO POCAHONTAS COUNTY. THE AREA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR WHILE INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS TODAY COULD BE ACCOMPANIED WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES. MOTORISTS DRIVING THROUGH HEAVY DOWNPOUR SHOULD WATCH FOR PONDING OF WATER IN ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REMEMBER TO SHINE HEADLIGHTS ON LOW BEAM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. ...CORRECTED TIMES OF ISSUANCE... END/SAB
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:41 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
WVZ006-007-181945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 240 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 AT 228 PM...WEATHER RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...OVER PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA... SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY. THE AREA WAS BOUNDED BY MONTEREY VIRGINIA...RURAL RETREAT VIRGINIA...WEEKSBURY KENTUCKY...AND HUNTINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN MERCER COUNTY NEAR PRINCETON...EASTERN BLAND COUNTY VIRGINIA...AND NEAR HOT SPRINGS VIRGINIA. THE AREA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR WHILE INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS TODAY COULD BE ACCOMPANIED WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES. MOTORISTS DRIVING THROUGH HEAVY DOWNPOUR SHOULD WATCH FOR PONDING OF WATER IN ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REMEMBER TO SHINE HEADLIGHTS ON LOW BEAM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/SAB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Pendleton | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Pendleton | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Hampshire, Hardy | 60 min |
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.