Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Feb 26, 1992, 4:00 AM EST for Summers County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 26, 1992, 4:00 AM EST (09:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 1992, 7:00 AM EST
- 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, 9.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 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 260901 FFWBKW WVC089-261200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 400 AM EST WED FEB 26 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BECKLEY WV HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...SOUTHERN SUMMERS COUNTY AT 355 AM EST...THE BLUESTONE RIVER AT PIPESTEM WAS SLIGHTLY OUT OF ITS BANKS. THE RATE OF INCREASE IN THE RIVER DEPTH HAS DECREASED GREATLY OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS...AND THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST AROUND A FOOT ABOVE BANKFUL SOON AFTER SUNRISE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TIOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. END/BURRUS
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, Feb 25, 11:05 PM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
WVZ007-008-160800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 1105 PM EST TUE FEB 25 1992 AT 1100 PM EST SOME SMALL STREAM FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG PIGEON CREEK NEAR OAKVALE IN MERCER COUNTY..ALSO SOME URBAN FLOODING IN THE BLUEFIELD AREA..RT 10 BETWEEN PRINCETON AND MATOKA IN MERCER COUNTY WAS REPORTED TO HAVE MUD AND SOME ROCKS ON IT..ALSO SOME URBAN FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE PRINCETON AREA. AT 1057 PM WEATHER RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED ONLY PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA..HOWEVER WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED PEOPLE LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD WATCH WATER LEVELS IF ANY HEAVY RAIN IS OBSERVED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WE'ATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/CDB
Special weather statement, Feb 26, 1:29 AM EST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-260800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 128 AM EST WED FEB 26 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN SUMMERS COUNTY UNTIL 400 AM EST... AT 120 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED VERY LIGHT RAIN FALLING NEAR CHARLESTON EAST TO SUMMERSVILLE. HOWEVER...SURFACE REPORTS INDICATED THAT VERY LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL OVER A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ISSUED AROUND 100 AM EST FOR SOUTHERN SUMMERS COUNTY. THE RAIN GUAGE AT THE BLUESTONE RIVER NEAR PIPESTEM REPORTED THE RIVER NEAR BANKFUL AND RISING. RAIN HAS ENDED IN SUMMERS COUNTY AND THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST ABOUT TWO FEET ABOVE BANKFUL BY DAYBREAK. THE NATIONAL WEATER SERVICE IS KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH ON THE SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEAHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/BURRUS
Special weather statement, Feb 26, 3:14 AM EST, 46 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-260900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 313 AM EST WED FEB 26 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN SUMMERS COUNTY UNTIL 400 AM EST... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY UNTIL 545 AM EST... AT 310 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATED ONLY PATCHY AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR SOUTHERN SUMMERS AND SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTIES. THE BLUESTONE RIVER AT PIPESTEM CONTINUES TO RISE AND SHOULD CREST ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY DAYBREAK. MEANWHILE...THE EAST RIVER BETWEEN OAKVALE AND WILLOWTON IS OUT OF ITS BANKS WITH WATER REPORTED IN BASEMENTS OF SEVERAL HOUSES. NO MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AT THIS TIME IN EITHER OF THESE AREAS. MOTORISTS TRAVELLING ALONG RT. 112 NEAR OAKVALE SHOULD USE CAUTION IN THE PIGEON CREEK AREA. PIGEON CREEK WAS REPORTED BACKED UP DUE TO HIGH WATER ON THE EAST RIVER. AND ON RT. 10 BETWEEN MATOKA AND PRINCETON...WHERE THE BLUESTONE IS NOT QUITE AT BANKFUL...MUD AND DEBRIS COVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE ROAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/BURRUS
Special weather statement, Feb 26, 3:16 AM EST, 44 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-260900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 315 AM EST WED FEB 26 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN SUMMERS COUNTY UNTIL 400 AM EST... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY UNTIL 545 AM EST... AT 310 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATED ONLY PATCHY AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR SOUTHERN SUMMERS AND SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTIES. THE BLUESTONE RIVER AT PIPESTEM CONTINUES TO RISE AND SHOULD CREST ABOUT A FOOT BANKFULL BY DAYBREAK. MEANWHILE...THE EAST RIVER BETWEEN OAKVALE AND WILLOWTON IS OUT OF ITS BANKS WITH WATER REPORTED IN BASEMENTS OF SEVERAL HOUSES. NO MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AT THIS TIME IN EITHER OF THESE AREAS. MOTORISTS TRAVELLING ALONG RT. 112 NEAR OAKVALE SHOULD USE CAUTION IN THE PIGEON CREEK AREA. PIGEON CREEK WAS REPORTED BACKED UP DUE TO HIGH WATER ON THE EAST RIVER. AND ON RT. 10 BETWEEN MATOKA AND PRINCETON...WHERE THE BLUESTONE IS NOT QUITE AT BANKFUL...MUD AND DEBRIS COVER A aLARGE PORTION OF THE ROAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/BURRUS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 12:57 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Summers | 3 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mercer | 3 hr |
| Feb 26, 7:05 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Summers | 115 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.