Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 15, 1992, 12:31 AM EDT for Fayette County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 1992, 12:31 AM EDT (04:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 1992, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 682 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBKW 150433 FFWBKW WVC019-150730- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 1231 AM EDT SAT AUG 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BECKLEY WV HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE NOW UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY AT 1229 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY. FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF FAYETTEVILLE WITH 1 FAMILY HAVING BEEN EVACUATED IN THE LIVELY STREET AREA. SEVERAL MUDSLIDES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TONIGHT...ONE NEAR GAULEY BRIDGE AT BROWNSVILLE...ANOTHER ALONG RT. 82 AT FAYETTE STATION ROAD. 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. NE|VER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. END/BURRUS
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 14, 6:42 PM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-142345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 640 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 1992 AT 635 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM PICKENS IN RANDOLPH COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO WEEKSBURY KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN FAYETTE COUNTY...ONE NEAR ANSTED WITH ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN KINCAID AND MABEN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN. RADAR ALSO SHOWED HEAVY SHOWERS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY...AND OVER LOGAN COUNTY BETWEEN LOGAN AND YOLYN. ALL PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. STAY INDOORS IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. AVOID USING ELEC|TRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES. HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN CAUSE 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 14, 7:44 PM EDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-150045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 740 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 1992 ...VERY HEAVY SHOWERS OVER FAYETTE COUNTY... AT 735 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AMD SOUTHWEST COAL FIELD OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF BELVA. VERY HEAVY SHOWERS WERE OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY. WHILE NO FLOODING WAS OCCURRING...POOR DRAINAGE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PONDING OF ROADWAYS IN FAYETTEVILLE. REPORTS INDICATE THE RAIN FELL TOO QUICKLY FOR DRAINAGE PIPES TO HANDLE BUT THE SITUATION QUICKLY IMPROVED AFTER THE PRECIPITATION MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. ALL PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS DURING THUNDERSTORMS. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S MOST DANGEROUS ELEMENTS. HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN A SHORT TIME. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/BURRUS
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 9:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-150230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 930 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 1992 ...VERY HEAVY SHOWERS CONTINUE OVER FAYETTE COUNTY... AT 925 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS...WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...STRETCHING FROM ELKINS SOUTHWEST TO WISE VIRGINIA. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS REMAINED OVER FAYETTE COUNTY BETWEEN FAYETTEVILLE AND ANSTED. THIS AREA HAS ALREADY SEEN RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. OBSERVER REPORTS FROM FAYETTE COUNTY INDICATE THAT CREEKS AND STREAMS REMAIN WELL BELOW BANKFULL. HOWEVER...RADAR SHOWED MORE RAIN ADVANCING TOWARDS CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY WHICH MAY CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO BEGIN TO RISE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN A CLOSE WATCH ON CONDITIONS IN FAYETTE COUNTY IN CASE A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS NECESSARY. MOTORISTS REMEMBER THAT HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/BURRUS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 10:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 6:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton | 3 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.