Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 11, 1992, 3:48 PM EDT for Preston County, West Virginia. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 1992, 3:48 PM EDT (19:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 1992, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Preston County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEKN 111948 RRA FFWEKN WVC077-112045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 348 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA ...SOUTHERN PRESTON COUNTY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED NEARLY 3 INCHES (2.86) NEAR INDEPENDENCE IN PRESTON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. COOKS CREEK NEAR INDEPENDANCE IS STARTING TO OVERFLOW ITS BANKS. OTHER SMALL STREAMS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA COULD REACH OR EXCEED BANKFULL IN AREAS OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORM 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 CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. END GILKERSON NNNN
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, Aug 11, 2:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
WVZ005-009-010-MDZ008-009-111915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 207 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND... WEATHER RADAR AT 200 PM EDT INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN WETZEL COUNTY EAST THROUGH MARION...SOUTHERN MONONGALIA...PRESTON COUNTIES OF WEST VIRIGNIA ON EAST THROUGH GARRETT AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES OF WESTERN MARYLAND. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER MARION...SOUTHERN MONONGALIA EAST INTO CENTRAL PRESTON AND CENTRAL GARRETT COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS AND PEA SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER, STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE. FLOODING TO LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS COULD OCCUR IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH REDUCED DRIVING VISIBILITIES. STAY ALERT AND MOVE INDOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES DURING PERIODS OF LIGHNTING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER FLOWING ACROSS OR COVERING ROADWAYS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEM ENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. END GILKERSON NNNN
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 2:54 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
WVZ003-004-006-007-009-112100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 250 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 800 PM FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN..CENTRAL AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 240 PM WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT STRETCHED FROM GARRETT COUNTY IN EXTREME WESTERN MARYLAND WEST AND SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL PRESTON..MARION..NORTHERN DODDRIDGE AND TYLER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT IS THE LEADING EDGE OF DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME SMALL HAIL. RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IN ONE HOUR HAS BEEN RECORDED BY AOTOMATIC RAIN GAGES IN PRESTON AND TYLER COUNTIES. A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER IN MIDDLEBOURNE IN TYLER COUNTY REPORTED 1.43 INCHES OF RAIN IN 35 MINUTES WITH SOME PONDING OF WATER OBSERVED. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED...REMAIN INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVER THROUGH WATER FLOWING ACROSS RAODWAYS. END/PCZ
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 3:06 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
WVZ005-009-010-MDZ008-009-112000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 300 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND... WEATHER RADAR AT 255 PM EDT INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM DODDRIDGE COUNTY EAST ACROSS HARRISON THRU TAYLOR INTO SOUTHERN PRESTON AND NORTHERN TUCKER COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA ON EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND THRU MINERAL AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES IN THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER TAYLOR...PRESTON AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES OF WEST VIRIGNIA. THIS LINE IS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AND WILL AFFECT THE AREA ALONG A LINE FROM WESTON TO PHILIPPI TO PARSONS ON EAST TO WARDENSVILLE DURING THE NEXT HOUR. HEAVY RAINS AND PEA SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER, STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE. FLOODING TO LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS COULD OCCUR IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH REDUCED DRIVING VISIBILITIES. STAY ALERT AND MOVE INDOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES DURING PERIODS OF LIGHNTING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER FLOWING ACROSS OR COVERING ROADWAYS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. END GILKERSON NNNN
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 3:44 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
WVZ005-009-112045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 344 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA... WEATHER RADAR AT 340 PM INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHER LEWIS...SOUTHERN HARRISON...BARBOUR AND TUCKER COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST NORTHEAST OF PHILIPPI IN BARBOUR COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD TUCKER COUNTY. SEVERAL REPORTS OF OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM THESE STORMS ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. TWO PEOPLE IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA HAVE BEEN STRUCK WITH LIGHTNING. PERSONS ACROSS THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES AND UPSHUR AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT TO STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...VERY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS AS THESE STORMS MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE FLOODING TO SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. END GILKERSON NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Monongalia, Preston | 68 min |
| Aug 11, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Webster | 56 min |
| Aug 11, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan | 66 min |
| Aug 11, 7:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1992Every 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.