Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV

WVZ006-007-008-212300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
430 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993

AT 425 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A FEW WIDELY SCATTERED
SHOWERS ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.  THREE QUARTERS OF
AN INCH TO ALMOST AN INCH OF RAIN AND FALLING IN SOME SECTIONS OF WYOMING
COUNTY IN THE LAST SIX HOURS.  A SEVERE WEATHER STORM SPOTTER AT CYCLONE
IN WYOMING COUNTY REPORTED STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE ABOUT THREE QUARTER
BANKFUL.  HOWEVER WATER HAS WASHED ACROSS THE ROAD DOWN IN A HOLLOW
WHERE A PIPE UNDER THE ROAD WAS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO CONTAIN THE FLOW.
NO HOMES ARE THREATENED AT THE PRESENT TIME.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT
FOR SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.  IF HEAVY RAIN MOVES INTO THE AREA THIS
EVENING FLOODING MAY BECOME A PROBLEM.  IF YOU LIVE NEAR A STREAM OR
CREEK OR IN A NORMAL FLOOD PRONE AREA WATCH FOR RISING WATER LEVELS
AND MOVE TO4 HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING APPEARS LIKELY OR A WARNING IS
ISSUED.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

END/CGF

KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-212330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
530 PM EST SAT FEB 20 1993

...TORNADO WATCH UNTI 7PM PARTS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN OHIO..
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTI 10 PM FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY, SOUTH
   CENTRAL OHIO AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 530 PM A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH
NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO.

THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE
HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS.  THE STORMS WERE ALSO PRODUCING VERY DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 45 TO 50 MPH AND WILL PASSING THROUGH
THE ASHLAND, IRONTON AND HUNTINGTON AREA BETWEEN 530PM AND 700PM

PERSONS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND PREPARE TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS
WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA.

PERSONS SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF POSSIBLE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS
CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS IF HEAVY RAIN OCCURS.

END/COSTELLO

WVZ002-003-004-006-220000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR THE MOUNTAINS
AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
333 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993

AT 5:25 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM PORTSMOUTH OHIO
THROUGH GREENUP KENTUCKY TO SANDY HOOK KENTUCKY.  THE STRONGEST
STORM WAS OVER ELLIOTT COUNTY KENTUCKY NEAR SANDY HOOK.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE RACING EAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH.

BRIEF THUNDERSTORMS COULD ENTER WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA AROUND 6 PM.
THIS WOULD BE ALONG THE OHIO AND KENTUCKY BORDER REGION FROM
PARKERSBURG TO POINT PLEASANT...HUNTINGTON AND WAYNE.

BY 7 PM...BRIEF THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH AS FAR EAST AS CHARLESTON.

WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.  HOWEVER...
ANY HEAVY RAIN IN THE SHOWERS SHOULD BE SHORT IN DURATION.

END / LCW / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

WVZ002-003-004-006-220000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR THE MOUNTAINS
AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
535 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993

AT 5:25 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM PORTSMOUTH OHIO
THROUGH GREENUP KENTUCKY TO SANDY HOOK KENTUCKY.  THE STRONGEST
STORM WAS OVER ELLIOTT COUNTY KENTUCKY NEAR SANDY HOOK.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE RACING EAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH.

BRIEF THUNDERSTORMS COULD ENTER WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA AROUND 6 PM.
THIS WOULD BE ALONG THE OHIO AND KENTUCKY BORDER REGION FROM
PARKERSBURG TO POINT PLEASANT...HUNTINGTON AND WAYNE.

BY 7 PM...BRIEF THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH AS FAR EAST AS CHARLESTON.

WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.  HOWEVER...
ANY HEAVY RAIN IN THE SHOWERS SHOULD BE SHORT IN DURATION.

END / LCW / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

WVZ003-004-006-220000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
545 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993

POOR DRAINAGE PROBLEMS AND SOME SMALL STREAM OVERFLOW
WAS STILL OCCURRING EARLY THIS EVENING FROM PREVIOUS RAINS.

LINCOLN COUNTY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGH WATER
ALONG MIDDLE FORK IN THE YAWLEY REGION...ALSO SOME OVERFLOW
AROUND BRANCHLAND ON SMALL STREAMS.

PUTNAM COUNTY OFFICIALS TOLD US THAT USUAL POOR DRAINAGE
PROBLEM IN ELEANOR STILL HAD ROUTE 62 CLOSED.

THE HEAVIER RAINS FROM THE EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD BE BRIEF.  LOCAL RAINFALL OF AROUND A THIRD OF AN
INCH  MAY TEMPORARILY STOP SMALL STREAMS FROM RECEDING.
THE EVENING SHOWERS SHOULD NOT CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

YET...WITH NIGHTFALL...EVENING MOTORIST SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS
ABOUT STANDING WATER ON ROADS AND DRAINING OFF HILLSIDES.
DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAYS COVERED WITH WATER OF UNKWOWN
DEPTHS.

END / KTB

WVZ006-007-008-220100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
605 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING...

AT 600 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM JACKSON COUNTY OHIO SOUTH THROUGH LAWRENCE COUNTY KENTUCKY.
OTHER SHOWERS WERE ACROSS KANAWHA...FAYETTE...RALEIGH...SUMMERS AND
MCDOWELL COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA.
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND
POSSIBLY FLOODING.  AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH GO TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER
AND WATCH FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING
APPEARS LIKELY OR A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

A SEVERE STORM SPOTTER IN DAVY, MCDOWELL COUNTY REPORTED 2.65 INCHES OF
RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

END/CGF