Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Mar 23, 1993, 7:40 PM EST for Greenbrier County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 1993, 7:40 PM EST (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 1993, 10:15 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greenbrier County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 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 KBKW 240042 RRA FFWBKW WVC025-089-063-240315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 740 PM EST TUE MAR 23 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BECKLEY WV HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...GREENBRIER COUNTY...SUMMERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA ...MONROE COUNTY AT 735 PM A SEVERE STORM SPOTTER REPORTED STREAMS AT BANKFUL ACROSS THE AREA. RADAR AT 735 ALSO SHOWED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS MONROE...SUMMERS AND GREENBRIER COUNTIES. WITH STREAMS ALREADY AT BANKFUL THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL TAKE WATER OUT OF BANKS. 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. &D
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, 4:36 PM EST, 3 hours 4 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 23, 7:20 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Mercer, Raleigh | 3 hr |
| Mar 23, 8:05 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell | 2 hr |
| Mar 23, 11:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Preston | 95 min |
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.