Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 70, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 11, 1992, 7:27 PM EDT for Boone County, West Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 1992, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 1992, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Boone County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 796 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 112330 FFWCRW WVC005-120130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 727 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WV HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA ...BOONE COUNTY AT 7:15 PM EDT...A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM REPORTEDLY DUMPED 3.60 INCHES OF RAIN IN 75 MINUTES ON MADISON WV. THIS RAINFALL IS WELL IN EXCESS OF THAT NEEDED TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING. 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...XOR 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. EOM
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, 5:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
WVZ005-009-010-112200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 500 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND POTOMAC HIGHLANDS OF WEST VIRGINIA... WEATHER RADAR AT 500 PM INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN UPSHUR AND SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AND WILL BE ENTERING POCAHONTAS COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. SOME STRONG STORMS WERE ALSO DETECTED OVER PENDLETON...GRANT AND HARDY COUNTIES OF THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS OF WEST VIRGINIA. PERSONS ACROSS THE ABOVE MENTIONED 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 POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS. WATER IS RECEEDING IN SOUTHERN PRESTON COUNTY. STREAMS ARE NOWING RETURNING BACK INTO THEIR BANKS. STAY ALERT AND MOVE INDOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. END GILKERSON NNNN
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 5:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
WVZ002-005-112300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 520 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 1992 ...ARNOLD'S CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS... AT AROUND 505 PM OUR OBSERVER AT WEST UNION IN DODDRIDGE COUNTY REPORTED 1.20 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST HOUR. THIS HAS CAUSED ARNOLD'S CREEK TO COME OUT OF ITS BANKS. OTHER SMALL STREAMS AROUND DODDRIDGE COUNTY MAY BE RUNNING NEAR BANKFULL OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE BANKFULL THIS EVENING CAUSING NUISANCE FLOODING. THE RAINS HAVE ENDED OVER DODDRIDGE COUNTY SO THE THREAT OF ANY ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS MINIMAL. END/ORCHANIAN
Local storm report, Aug 11, 6:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NARTIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
605 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 1992
SUMMARY OF REPORTS FOR AUG 11, 1992
TIME EDT COUNTY EVENT
1345 PRESTON TREES DOWN IN THE CANES CREEK AREA. LIMBS
WV077 BLOWN OFF TREES IN THE BRUCETON MILLS AREA.
A FEMALE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN REEDSVILLE.
1330-1350 MONONGALIA TREE BLOWN DOWN NEAR MORGANTOWN. A 42 YEAR OLD
WV061 FEMALE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN MORGANTOWN.
1350 GARRETT DIME SIZE HAIL AT DEER PARK. TREE UPROOTED IN
MD023 OAKLAND.
1346 PRESTON SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN INDEPENDENCE ALONG
WV077 COOKS CREEK.
1415 R SMALL STREAM FLOODING BIRDS CREEK NEAR NEWBURG.
AND NEAR GLADESVILLE.
1645 UPSHUR 3/4 INCH HAIL AT ROCK CAVE.
W097
END
GILKERSONSpecial weather statement, Aug 11, 6:38 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-120000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 638 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 753 CANCELLED... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DECREASING IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST HOUR ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. THERE WERE A FEW LEFT OVER THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN WIDEN AND COWEN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE MAINLY LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. AT ABOUT 630 PM CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS GROWING IN INTENSITY OVER SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY, NORTERN AND EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY AND NORTHERN MINGO COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO FORMING AROUND JACKSON KENTUCKY. SOME MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS WERE OBSERVED AROUND WEBSTER SPRINGS AT GRASSY CREEK IN WEBSTER COUNTY. THERE WAS ALSO A MUD SLIDE IN THIS GENERAL AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS REPORTED BY OUR OBSERVER AT WEBSTER SPRINGS WAS 2.62 INCHES OF RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EXITING WEBSTER COUNTY AND WEAKENING. MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. END/ORCHANIAN
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 6:45 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-112345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 644 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWEST COAL FIELD OF WEST VIRGINIA... AT 640 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWEST COAL FIELD OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR PECK'S MILL IN LOGAN COUNTY AND NEA SPAULDING IN MINGO COUNTY. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN MCDOWELL COUNTY BETWEEN FILBERT AND BRAMWELL IN SOUTHWEST MERCER COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN AND MAY ALSO CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES DURING THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBLITY OF PONDING OF WATER IN ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/BURRUS
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 6:49 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-112345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 644 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWEST COAL FIELD OF WEST VIRGINIA... AT 640 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWEST COAL FIELD OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR PECK'S MILL IN LOGAN COUNTY AND NEAR SPAULDING IN MINGO COUNTY. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN MCDOWELL COUNTY BETWEEN FILBERT AND BRAMWELL IN SOUTHWEST MERCER COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN AND MAY ALSO CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES DURING THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBLITY OF PONDING OF WATER IN ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. ...CORRECTED DATE OF ISSUE... END/BURRUS
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, 3:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Preston | 57 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 |
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.