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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Charleston, WV

July 31, 1992Calhoun County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 1992, 12:49 PM EDT for Calhoun County, West Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 31, 1992, 12:49 PM EDT (16:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 1992, 3:18 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

County Calhoun County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 437 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 311651
FFWCRW
WVC013-312045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1249 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...CALHOUN COUNTY
 
IFLOWS RAINGAGE REPORTS INDICATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES
HAVE OCCURED IN THE LAST TWO HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAIN OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH
IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. THIS WILL BRING SOME SMALL
STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

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

Local storm report, Jul 31, 9:43 AM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
1000AM EDT FRI JUL 31 1992

DATE...JULY 22
TIME...950PM - MIDNIGHT EDT
LOCATION...WESTERN CARTER COUNTY KENTUCKY..OLIVE HILL ROUTE 60 AREAS
TYPE...FLOODING..NUMEROUS ROADS COVERED WITH WATER, SMALL CREEK OVERFLOW
NO INJURIES OR DEATHS
SOURCE...COUNTY SHERRIFF

DATE...JULY 22
TIME...1000PM - MIDNIGHT EDT
LOCATION...SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY..EMERSON/ROSE HILL AREAS
TYPE...FLOODING..NUMEROUS SIDE ROADS AND SMALL CREEKS
NO INJURIES OR DEATHS
SOURCE..COUNTY EOC

DATE...7/23
TIME...230PM - 430PM EDT
LOCATION...EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY KENTUCKY..WELLS CHURCH/BOONS CAMP AREAS
TYPE...FLOODING..NUMEROUS STREETS COVERED WITH WATER, MINOR DAMAGE
TO SOME HOME BASEMENTS
NO DEATHS OR INJURIES
SOURCE...COUNTY EOC

DATE...7/24
TIME...0545 - 0730AM EDT
LOCATION...NORTHWEST PIKE COUNTY OHIO..CYNTHIANA/SPELLMAN CROSSING/
LAPPERELL AREAS
TYPE...FLOODING...NUMEROUS ROADS COVERED WITH WATER..SMALL STREAM
OVERFLOW
NO DEATHS OR INJURIES
SOURCE...COUNTY SHERRIFF

DATE...7/26
TIME...145PM - 330PM EDT
LOCATION...CARTER COUNTY KENTUCKY..GRAYSON AREA
TYPE...FLOODING...NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER WATER
NO DEATHS OR INJURIES
SOURCE...GRAYSON POLICE

DATE...7/26
TIME...145PM -330PM EDT
LOCATION...GREENUP COUNTY KENTUCKY..OLDTOWN/ANGLINS/HUNNEWELL AREAS
SOUTH OF GREENBO STATE PARK..ROUTE 3306
TYPE...FLOODING..NUMEROUS ROADS COVERED WITH WATER..SMALL STREAMS
OUT OF BANKS
NO DEATHS OR INJURIES
SOURCE...COUNTY EOC

DATE...7/26
TIME...200PM - 500PM EDT
LOCATION...BOYD COUNTY KENTUCKY..ROUTE 5 COALTON/PRINCESS AREAS
TYPE...FLOODING..NUMEROUS SIDE ROADS AND ROUTE 5 COVERED WITH WATER
DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOME BASEMENTS..TRAILER MOVED FROM FOUNDATION
NO DEATHS OR INJURIES
SOURCE...COUNTY EOC

DATE...7/26
TIME...700PM - 710PM EDT
LOCATION...JACKSON COUNTY OHIO..IN AND EAST OF CITY OF JACKSON
TYPE...TORNADO..MINOR DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES
NO DEATHS OR INJURIES
SOURCE...JACKSON CITY POLICE

DATE...7/26
TIME...1010PM - 1230AM(7/27)
LOCATION...PIKE COUNTY OHIO...CITY OF WAVERLY AND NORTH ALONG BOTH
SIDE OF ROUTE 23
TYPE...FLOODING..NUMREOUS ROADS COVERED WITH WATER..SMALL CREEK OVERFLOW
NO DEATHS OR INJURIES
SOUR4CE..WAVERLY POLICE..COUNTY SHERRIFF

END/DG

Special weather statement, Jul 31, 10:25 AM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-311445-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
1020 AM EDT FRI JUL 31 1992

...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 1020 AM EDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO
NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN OHIO.  THE STRONGEST STORMS
WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO WESTERN ELLIOT AND CARTER COUNTIES
OF KENTUCKY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN, STRONG GUSTY WINDS, DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.

SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS AROUND THE AREA CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BRING A RAPID RISE
IN WATER.  PERSONS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AROUND
THEM AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUNDS IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.

ALSO SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY SHELTER IF STRONG WINDS ARE OBSERVED.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND WILL BE
PASSING THROUGH THE HUNTINGTON, ASHLAND AND IRONTON VICINITY
BETWEEN 1030 AM AND NOON.

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

END/COSTELLO

Special weather statement, Jul 31, 11:28 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

WVZ002-003-004-006-311700-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1120 AM EDT FRI JUL 31 1992

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND ARE
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
THROUGH WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE KANAWHA VALLEY DURING
THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS.

BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
HOWEVER, SINCE THE STORMS ARE MOVING QUICKLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD BE
AT LEVELS WHICH WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND
CREEKS BUT NOT BRING ABOUT FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS.

SOME LOCALIZED PROBLEMS MAY OCCUR IN LOW LYING AREAS ON CREEKS AND
STREAFMS AND BRIEF DRAINAGE PROBLEMS MAY BE EXPERIENCED IN TOWN AND CITY
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS.

END AAR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 31, 1:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette	35 min
Jul 31, 2:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Monroe	29 min
Jul 31, 2:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Lewis	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1992 Every 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.