Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 74, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 15, 1992, 3:57 PM EDT for Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 1992, 3:57 PM EDT (19:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 1992, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kanawha County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 151958 FFWCRW WVC039-152300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 357 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...EASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY AT 355 PM...WEATHER RADAR IN CHARLESTON SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FORMING ACROSS EASTERN BOONE COUNTY INTO EASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY AND MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD OCCUR IN TOWNS SUCH AS MONTGOMERY, CABIN CREEK AND CHELYAN. 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.
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 15, 10:19 AM EDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
WVZ002-004-005-009-012-151800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 10186 AM EDT SAT AUG 15 1992 LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN OVER CENTRAL SECTIONS AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL BE RUNNING FAST AND HIGH ACROSS CLAY, WEBSTER, NICHOLAS AND MADISON COUNTY. 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ENDING AROUND 8 AM THIS MORNING REPORTED BY OUR COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS WERE: CLAY, IN CLAY COUNTY, WITH 3.6 INCHES. BICKMORE, 9.5 MILES SOUTH OF CLAY, IN CLAY COUNTY, 2.82 INCHES. BIG OTTER, NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY, 2.1 INCHES. AROUND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN MADISON, IN BOONE COUNTY AND AT WEBSTER SPRINGS, IN WEBSTER COUNTY. THE RIVER GAUGE AT GUARDIAN, IN NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY AT THE HEADWATERS OF THE ELK RIVER, WAS READING 7.6 FEET AT 10 AM. BANK FULL AT GUARDIAN IS 8 FEET. AT ABOUT 1015 AM MOST OF THE RAIN IN WEST VIRGINIA WAS DETECTED BY WEATHER RADAR FROM MIDDLEBOURNE, WEST UNION AND SUTTON. POCKETS OF MODERATE SHOWERS WERE OBSERVED OVER DODDRIDGE AND HARRISON COUNTY. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OHIO. MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS TO THE NORTH |AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. END/ORCHANIAN
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 10:25 AM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
WVZ004-005-009-012-151600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT. . . .CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1025 AM EDT SAT AUG 15 1992 LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS HAS FALLEN OVER CENTRAL SECTIONS AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL BE RUNNING FAST AND HIGH ACROSS CLAY, WEBSTER, NICHOLAS AND MADISON COUNTY. 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ENDING AROUND 8 AM THIS MORNING REPORTED BY OUR COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS WERE: CLAY, IN CLAY COUNTY, WITH 3.6 INCHES. BICKMORE, 9.5 MILES SOUTH OF CLAY, IN CLAY COUNTY, 2.82 INCHES. BIG OTTER, NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY, 2.1 INCHES. AROUND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN MADISON, IN BOONE COUNTY AND AT WEBSTER SPRINGS, IN WEBSTER COUNTY. THE RIVER GAUGE AT GUARDIAN, IN NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY AT THE HEADWATERS OF THE ELK RIVER, WAS READING 7.6 FEET AT 10 AM. BANK FULL AT GUARDIAN IS 8 FEET. AT ABOUT 1020 AM MOST OF THE RAIN IN WEST VIRGINIA WAS DETECTED BY WEATHER RADAR FROM MIDDLEBOURNE, WEST UNION AND SUTTON. POCKETS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS WERE OBSERVED OVER DODDRIDGE COUNTY AND HARRISON COUNTY. WEST UNION PICKED UP 0.90 INCH OF RAIN BETWEEN 7AM AND 10 AM. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OHIO. MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS TO THE NORTH AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. END/ORCHANIAN CORRECTED TO ADD WEST UNION RAINFALL REPORT.
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 1:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
WVZ004-005-009-012-152000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 107 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 1992 REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THAT STREAMS AND CREEKS IN NICHOLAS COUNTY HAVE BEEN RUNNING NEAR BANKFULL. IN PARTICULAR, PETERS CREEK, NEAR ENON WAS VERY HIGH. MORE SHOWERS WERE DETECTED BY WEATHER RADAR AROUND 1 PM OVER EASTERN OHIO. SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING IN WEST VIRGINIA FROM CLARKSBURG TO PARKERSBURG, AND FROM JUST WEST OF INDEPENDENCE VIRGINIA TO NEAR BLUEFIELD, AND BECKLEY. MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS TO THE NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE CENTRAL PORTIONS AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. END/ORCHANIAN
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 3:06 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 310 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TILL 900 PM FOR WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 305 PM EDT INDICATES AN AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS OVER NORTHWEST LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY. HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURING WITH THIS STORM AND SMALL CREEKS AND STREAM ACROSS NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY MAY RUN BANKFULL THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN THE PEDRO AREA AND ENCOUNTER WATER OVER ROADWAYS ...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH THE WATER AS THE RAODWAY MAY HAVE PARTIALLY WASHED AWAY. SHUFF
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 3:56 PM EDT, 1 minute before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-152200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 355 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TILL 900 PM FOR WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 355 PM EDT INDICATES AN AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS OVER CENTRAL GALLIA COUNTY OHIO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURING WITH THIS STORM AND SMALL CREEKS AND STREAM ACROSS CENTRAL GALLIA COUNTY MAY RUN BANKFULL THbIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN THE PEDRO AREA AND ENCOUNTER WATER OVER ROADWAYS ...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH THE WATER AS THE RAODWAY MAY HAVE PARTIALLY WASHED AWAY. SHUFF
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, 12:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone | 2 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.