Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

Jul 27, 1992, 8:00 AM EDT (12:00 UTC)

Expired

Jul 27, 1992, 10:00 AM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Area

Whole counties

Counties Randolph County, WV, Upshur County, WV

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BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
800 AM EDT MON JUL 27 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...RANDOLPH COUNTY...SOUTHERN UPSHUR COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOW LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES
TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN UPSHUR EAST INTO CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY
NEAR DAILY WEST VIRGINIA. ONE RADIO REPORTING RAIN GAGE IN WEST
CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY HAS ACCUMULATED OVER ONE AND THREE QUARTERS OF
AN INCH OF RAIN DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. ANOTHER GAGE IN THE HEAD
OF FILES CREEK SHOWS OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD 
UPSHUR COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY REPORTS OF CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED FROM THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY, AND THAT EVERGREEN
MOUNTAIN ROAD AND KANAWA ROAD ARE COVERED WITH WATER.
 
SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL RISE TO OR EXCEED BANKFULL IN AND NEAR
THE HEAVIER RAINS.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
CRfOSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
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In the hours before

WVZ005-009-271145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
641 AM EDT MON JUL 27 1992

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOW A SMALL AREA OF MODERATE RAIN OVER
SOUTHERN UPSHUR COUNTY NEAR ALEXANDER TO THE EAST INTO CENTRAL
RANDOLPH COUNTY NEAR HUTTONSVILLE. THE AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR.

A RADIO REPORTING RAINGAGE IN WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY SHOWS THIS AREA
OF RAIN IS PRODUCING NEAR ONE INCH OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR. THIS INTENSITY
OF RAIN MOVING OVER GROUND SATURATED FROM THE RAINS OF THE PAST FEW
DAYS WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE QUICKLY.

SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE
AND SOME SMALL STREAMS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL.

IF YOU LIVE NEAR A SMALL STREAM OR CREEK...AND WATER LEVELS BEGIN TO
RISE...GO TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF
UNKNOWN DEPTHS.

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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.