Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 15, 1992, 8:11 PM EDT for Nicholas County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 1992, 8:11 PM EDT (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 1992, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nicholas County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 160013 FFWCRW WVC067-160315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 811 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...NICHOLAS COUNTY AT 810 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING HEAVY DOWNPOURS OVER WESTERN NICHOLAS COUNTY TO THE WEST OF SUMMERSVILLE AND MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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, 3:06 PM EDT, 5 hours 5 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, 4 hours 15 minutes 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
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 4:58 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-152300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 500 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TILL 900 PM FOR WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 500 PM EDT INDICATES LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE HUNTINGTON...ASHLAND...IRONTON...GALLIPOLIS AREA AT THIS TIME. NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTINGTON UP TO 500 PM. REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. STATY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO YOUR LACAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SHUFF
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 7:26 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
WVZ005-160030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 726 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 1992 ...FLASSH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 715 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINSHOWERS OVER BRAXTON COUNTY MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. THESE SHOWERS WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHER LEWIS COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS EXTENED FROM BRAXTON COUNTY INTO SOUTHCENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. ALL SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS OVER THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS FREQUENTLY IF HEAVY RAIN DOES OCCUR. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. END/GAV NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 8:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 8:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone | 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.