Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Charleston, WV

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

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

WVZ006-007-008-311800-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
105 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 6PM FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6PM FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

AT 100 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHING FROM WESTERN NICHOLAS COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH
SOUTHERN KANAWHA COUNTY INTO WESTERN WYOMING COUNTY. THE LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD AROUND 35 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
THIS AFTERNOON.

PERSONS SHOULD SEEK INDOOR SHELTER WHEN THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORMS.

END/MONEYPENNY

WVZ005-009-311845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
150 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
EDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING THUNDERSTORMS AND AN AREA
OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINSHOWERS FROM MONONGALIA COUNTY SOUTH
INTO EASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA THEN EAST TO THE THE HIGHER
RIDGES OF THE MOUNTAINS. THE HEAVIER SHOWERS WITHIN THIS AREA WAS
LOCATED ALONG THE WEBSTER/RANDOLPH COUNTY LINES...AND ALONG THE
SOUTHEAST UPSHUR/WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY LINE. THE PRECIPITATION
WAS ALL MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR.

REPORTS FROM IFLOW RADIO REPORTING RAIN GAGES SHOW SOME OF THESE
STORMS HAVE PRODUCED NEAR 1.4 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR. THIS IS
ENOUGH TO CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE TO OR NEAR BANKFULL
VERY QUICKLY.

NEVER DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTHS. KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON
WATER LEVELS DURING AND AFTER HEAVY DOWNPOURS IN YOUR AREA. IF
FLOODING DEVELOPS BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUNDS.

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KYZ006-008-OHZ009-WVZ003-311900-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
145 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6PM EDT
   FOR WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...

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

AT 140 PM EDT A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED AROUND THE AREA.
THE STRONG STORMS THAT PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED INTO
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.

A COLD FRONT TO THE WEST WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, SOME POSSIBLY STRONG TO SEVERE
WITH HEAVY RAIN, MAY STILL DEVELOP.

STREAMS AND CREEKS AROUND THE AREA CONTINUE TO RUN AT OR NEAR BANKFULL
FROM THE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER IN THE DAY.
ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD BRING THE WATER BACK OUT THEIR BANKS.

THE WAYNE COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPT IN WEST VIRGINIA REPORTED WATER
OVER THE ROAD ON RT 152 BY MISSOURI BRANCH NEAR THE HEAD WATERS
OF TWELVE POLE CREEK.  OTHER SECONDARY ROADS MAY STILL BE COVERED
WITH WATER IN SPOTS.

IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS, DO NO ATTEMPT TO CROSS THEM.  THE
WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK AND THE GROUND UNDERNEATH MAY
HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY THE WATER.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA, SEEK SHELTER INDOORS
AND KEEP A CLOSE WATCH FOR RISING WATER.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

END/COSTELLO

WVZ006-007-008-312000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
217 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 1992

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FAYETTE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 215 PM...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM FOR MONROE COUNTY...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 6PM FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6PM FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

AT 215 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG...POSSIBLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS MONROE COUNTY. OTHER SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED
THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING EASTWARD AT 40 TO 45 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
THIS AFTERNOON.

PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATNING WEATHER AND SEEK
INDOOR SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

END/MONEYPENNY