Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Charleston, WV

KY006-WVZ003-OHZ009-242015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
320 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL
OHIO, WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT FOR WESTERN WEST
VIRGINIA...

...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 315 PM EDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE TRI-STATE
AREA.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ACROSS CENTRAL GALLIA COUNTY OF OHIO
AND OVER EASTERN BOYD COUNTY MOVING INTO NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING FLASH
FLOODING RAINS AND DAMAGING WINDS OF OVER 55 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY NIGHT.  ALSO WITH THESE STORMS CAN BE INTENSE DANGEROUS LIGHTING
AND POSSIBLY HAIL.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS HAS BEEN TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA, SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IN A
STURDY BUILDING.  ALSO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH OUT FOR POSSIBLE RAPID RISE
IN WATER.

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

END/COSTELLO

WVZ002>009-012-242200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
420 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM THIS
EVENING...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING MAINLY THROUGH WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE MOUNTAIN STATE INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN SECTIONS.
THE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED ACROSS SOUTHERN WOOD..JACKSON..
SOUTHERN WIRT COUNTIES INTO ROANE AND SOUTHERN BRAXTON COUNTIES.  THE
STORMS HAVE PRODUCED MAINLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND VERY VIVID
LIGHTNING WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND STROKES.

ALSO A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER WAYNE COUNTY MOVING INTO SOUTHERN
LINCOLN TO LOGAN COUNTY.  THIS STORM WAS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD
TO GROUND STROKES OF LIGHTNING.
WHILE THE HISTORY OF THESE STORMS HAS BEEN HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING... PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT
TO THE LIGHTNING WHICH IS A KILLER... AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH
FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT ARE IN THE AREA.  ALSO HAIL
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE A POSSIBILITY FOR THE DURATION OF THIS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

END/GOODEN

...CORRECTED TO CHANGE SUTTON TO BRAXTON COUNTY.. AND TO DELETE
PORTION AFTER THE THE FIRST END.

KY006-WVZ003-OHZ009-242115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
430 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL
OHIO, WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT FOR WESTERN WEST
VIRGINIA...

...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 425 PM EDT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN, INTENSE
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WAS ALONG THE MASON-CABELL
COUNTY BORDER.

THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.  PERSONS LIVING IN NORTHERN
CABELL AND SOUTHERN MASON COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER INDOORS.  THIS
STORM MAY PRODUCE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINSHED ACROSS THE TRI-STATE
AREA AT THIS TIME BUT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SOME MORE STORM
DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA, SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IN A
STURDY BUILDING.  ALSO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH OUT FOR POSSIBLE RAPID RISE
IN WATER.

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

END/COSTELLO

WVZ002>009-012-VAZ015-016-250200-
LATE AFTERNOON WEATHER STORY AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
510 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1100PM EDT FOR ALL BUT THE PANHANDLES OF
WEST VIRGINIA...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 800PM EDT FOR ALL BUT THE PANHANDLES
OF WEST VIRGINIA...

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THESE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEING CAUSED BY THE INTERACTION OF A STATIONARY
FRONT OVER THE REGION AND AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE MOVING ALONG THE
FRONT IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

LATE THIS AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINS ACROSS WOOD...JACKSON...WIRT...ROANE...BRAXTON AND CALHOUN
COUNTIES. THESE STORMS PRODUCED FLOODING ACROSS CALHOUN AND BRAXTON
COUNTIES.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS ACROSS WAYNE...
LINCOLN...LOGAN AND KANAWHA COUNTIES. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINS AND
CAUSED FLOODING ACROSS NICHOLAS...CLAY...BRAXTON...CALHOUN...GILMER AND
WEBSTER COUNTIES. NUMEROUS ROADS WERE OVERRUN WITH WATER AND MANY
STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE OUT OF THIER BANKS IN THE ABOVE COUNTIES.

RAINFALL TOTALS OVER THE NORTHERN ONE HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA THIS
MORNING WERE GENERALLY BEEN FROM THREE QUARTERS /0.75/ OF AN INCH TO
AROUND AN INCH AND ONE HALF /1.50/...THOUGH MANY AREAS IN THE ABOVE
COUNTIES HAVE HAD THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.

ON THE LATE AFTERNOON WEATHER MAP...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM
CENTRAL VIRGINIA ACROSS CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY
AND THEN INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA.

THIS FRONT IS COMBINING WITH AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE OVER WESTERN WEST
VIRGINIA TO BRING MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION THROUGH
THIS EVENING. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL FOLLOW THE
RAIN THIS EVENING.

SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY FOR SATURDAY...THOUGH ANOTHER UPPER AIR
DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE REGION EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BRINGING
ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR SUNDAY.

 ...HAZARDOUS WEATHER POTENTIAL THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100PM EDT FOR ALL BUT THE
PANHANDLES OF WEST VIRGINIA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINS OVER GROUNDS ALREADY SATURATED AND WILL BE A THREAT TO PRODUCE
FLASH FLOODING.

THERE IS ALSO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800PM EDT FOR
ALL BUT THE PANHANDLES OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE MAIN THREAT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE FROM STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

PERSONS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR
ANY WAdRNINGS OR UPDATES THE WEATHER SERVICE MAY ISSUE THIS EVENING
CONCERNING FLASH FLOODING OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
CZEPYHA

KY006-WVZ003-OHZ009-242245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
541 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN KENTUCKY...CARTER, LEWIS, GREENUP AND ELLIOTT
IN OHIO...ADAMS, SCIOTO, PIKE AND JACKSON

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF SOUTH
CENTRAL OHIO, NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL
8PM...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 11PM...

...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8PM FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DIMINSHED BETWEEN 400PM AND 530PM ACROSS THE
TRI-STATE.  AT 530PM ONLY A FEW SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL OHIO.  LIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING OVER
CARTER AND ELLIOT COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY.  MOVEMENT OF SHOWERS HAS BEEN
TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.

CONDITIONS ARE STILL FAVORABLE FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT AND FLASH FLOODING IN THE WATCH AREAS THIS EVENING AND
EARLY NIGHT.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA, SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.  ALSO KEEP A WATCH
OUT FOR POSSIBLE RAPID RISE IN WATER.  THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE
INTENSE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL

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

END/COSTELLO

WVZ010-242300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
601 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992

...THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN PENDLETON
COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA...

WEATHER RADAR AT 555 PM EDT INDICATED A LONE THUNDERSTORM OVER
SOUTHEAST PENDLETON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE AT KILE KNOB REPORTED 1.27
INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST HOUR. PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS AND
SOME POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

DANGEROUS LIGHNTING AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR IN AND NEAR THE
STORM.

END

GILKERSON

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