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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Charleston, WV

July 27, 1992Randolph County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 1992, 9:02 AM EDT for Randolph County, West Virginia. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1992, 9:02 AM EDT (13:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1992, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Randolph County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1992-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 231 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1992-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
231 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KEKN 271302
FFWEKN
WVC083-271500-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
902 AM EDT MON JUL 27 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY
 
FLOODING IS OCCURING ALONG FILES CREEK IN CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY.
HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE ON THE UPPER REACHES OF FILES CREEK. THE STREAM
IS RISING RAPIDLY. THIS STREAM FLOWS INTO THE TYGART VALLEY RIVER IN
THE TOWN OF BEVERLY.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.  CAMPERS SHOULD
AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
 
END
 
GILKERSON/HILL
 
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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, Jul 27, 6:41 AM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes 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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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 8:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRandolph, Upshur2 hr
Jul 27, 8:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPreston3 hr
Jul 27, 11:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLewis, Upshur3 hr
Jul 27, 11:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRandolph3 hr
Jul 27, 12:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBarbour, Tucker3 hr
Jul 27, 12:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBarbour2 hr
Jul 27, 1:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBraxton, Gilmer115 min
Jul 27, 1:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXClay2 hr
Jul 27, 1:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCalhoun3 hr
Jul 27, 2:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLewis, Upshur3 hr
Jul 27, 2:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRandolph3 hr
Jul 27, 2:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWebster3 hr
Jul 27, 5:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLogan3 hr
Jul 27, 5:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRaleigh, Wyoming2 hr
Jul 27, 6:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWebster4 hr

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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.