Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Mar 23, 1993, 6:32 PM EST for Monongalia County, Preston County, Tucker County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 1993, 6:32 PM EST (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 1993, 9:30 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Monongalia County, WV, Preston County, WV, Tucker County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 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 KEKN 232332 FFWEKN WVC061-077-093-240230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 632 PM EST TUE MAR 23 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA ...MONONGALIA COUNTY...PRESTON COUNTY...TUCKER COUNTY RAINFALL FROM 1 TO 1 3/4 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. WEATHER RADAR SHOWS RAIN WITH SOME PATCHES OF HEAVIER RAIN OVER THESE COUNTIES. SMALL STREAMS ARE STARTING TO OVERFLOW ACROSS PRESTON COUNTY WITH SMALL STREAMS AT BANKFULL IN TUCKER AND MONONGALIA COUNTIES. DECKERS CREEK AND DENTS RUN IN MONONGALIA COUNTY ARE REPORTED RUNNING HIGH AND WILL LIKELY OVERFLOW WITH THE ADDITIONAL RAIN. 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 SpAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. END GILKERSON/HILL 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, Mar 23, 1:38 PM EST, 4 hours 54 minutes before
WVZ005-008-009-010-231945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 138 PM EST TUE MAR 23 1993 ...A FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY MARCH 24 FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL..NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND POCAHONTAS COUNTY OF THE GREENBRIER VALLEY OF WEST VIRGINIA... ...A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS OF WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 8 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING... RAIN CONTINUES OVER THE WATCH AREA. RAINFALL HAS AVERAGED OVER 1/2 INCH ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS MORNING. SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED OVER 3/4 OF AN INCH. RADAR SHOWS MORE RAIN STREAMING NORTHEAST INTO WEST VIRGINIA FROM EASTERN TENNESSEE AND EASTERN KENTUCKY. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE AT MODERATE LEVELS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. RAINFALL OF AROUND AN INCH IN 3 TO 6 HOURS OR TWO INCHES IN 24 HOURS COULD CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO FLOOD. RAINS OF AROUND 2 INCHES OVER A 12 HOUR PERIOD COULD CAUSE SMALL STREAM FLOODING ACROSS THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE GROUND IS SATURATED OVER THE REGION DUE TO THE RECENT PRECIPITATION AND SNOWMELT...THEREFORE THE RAIN WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF INTO THE STREAMS AND CREEKS AND THEN ON INTO THE RIVERS CAUSING STRONG RISES ON THE WATERWAYS. PONDING WATER ON HIGHWAYS AND FLOODING TO POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE. PERSONS LIVING ALONG OR NEAR WATERWAYS SHOULD KEEP ALERT AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND WATCH FOR STANDING OR FLOWING WATER ON HIGHWAYS. MONTIOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS FLOOD THREAT. END GILKERSON NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 4:36 PM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 9:34 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Preston, Tucker | 116 min |
| Mar 22, 11:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Preston | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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.