Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

Jul 27, 1992, 8:50 AM EDT (12:50 UTC)

Expired

Jul 27, 1992, 11:45 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Area

Whole counties

County Preston County, WV

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TTAA00 KEKN 271250
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WVC077-271545-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
850 AM EDT MON JUL 27 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...PRESTON COUNTY
 
WEATHER RADAR AT 848 AM EDT INDICATED PATCHES OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN PRESTON COUNTY. AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE IN
NORTHERN PRESTON COUNTY IS APPROACHING 3 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE PAST
24 HOURS. SOME MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON SALT LICK ROAD EAST OF
KINGWOOD.
 
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.
 
END
 
GILKERSON
 
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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.