Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Apr 1, 1993, 9:43 PM EST for Raleigh County, West Virginia. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 1993, 9:43 PM EST (02:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 1993, 10:45 PM EST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Raleigh County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 757 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 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 020245 FFWBKW WVC081-020345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 943 PM EST THU APR 1 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BECKLEY WV HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...WESTERN RALEIGH COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER REPORTS A DAM AT THE HEAD OF LEFT HAND FORK OF ROCK CREEK IN WESTERN RALEIGH COUNTY HAS BUSTED. THIS IS MIDWAY BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF NAOMI AND ARNETT. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROnSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. MONEYPENNY
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, Apr 1, 3:57 PM EST, 5 hours 46 minutes before
WVZ010-011-MDZ008-009-012300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 357 PM EST THU APR 1 1993 NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS SHOW SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS OVER EASTERN GARRETT AND WESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY MARYLAND TO THE SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN MINERAL AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTY TO HARDY COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. THIS ENTIRE AREA OF SHOWERS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAUSING BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...AND UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM UNDER THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS UNDER AND DOWSTREAM FROM THE HEAVIER RAIN SHOWERS MAY RISE TO OR OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. KEEP A WATCH ON WATER LEVELS..AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY IF WATER LEVELS BEGIN TO RISE. REPORT HAIL...GUSTY WIND..OR ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. END/MH NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 1, 3:57 PM EST, 5 hours 46 minutes before
WVZ010-011-MDZ008-009-012300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 357 PM EST THU APR 1 1993 NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS SHOW SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS OVER EASTERN GARRETT AND WESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY MARYLAND TO THE SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN MINERAL AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTY TO HARDY COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. THIS ENTIRE AREA OF SHOWERS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAUSING BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...AND UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM UNDER THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS UNDER AND DOWSTREAM FROM THE HEAVIER RAIN SHOWERS MAY RISE TO OR OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. KEEP A WATCH ON WATER LEVELS..AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY IF WATER LEVELS BEGIN TO RISE. REPORT HAIL...GUSTY WIND..OR ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. END/MH NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 1:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 4 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.