Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

Apr 16, 1993, 9:45 AM EDT (13:45 UTC)

Expired

Apr 16, 1993, 12:45 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Area

Whole counties

Counties Allegany County, MD, Hampshire County, WV, Mineral County, WV

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TTAA00 KEKN 161345
FFWEKN
MDC001-WVC023-027-031-057-071-161645-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
945 AM EDT FRI APR 16 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS EXTENDED THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST MARYLAND
 
   ...ALLEGANY COUNTY
 
 
IN EAST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...GRANT COUNTY...HAMPSHIRE COUNTY...HARDY COUNTY
   ...MINERAL COUNTY...PENDLETON COUNTY
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG MILL
CREEK AND CABIN RUN IN MINERAL COUNTY. NEW CREEK IN MINERAL COUNTY WAS
RISING 1 FOOT AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY OVERLFOW ITS BANKS DURING THE NEXT
1 TO 2 HOURS. SOME EVACUATIONS HAVE OCCURRED IN MINERAL COUNTY. LUNICE
CREEK IS STILL RISING IN PETERSBURG BUT IS STARTING TO FALL ON THE UPPER
REACHES NEAR MAYSVILLE. THE STREAM WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS. PENDLETON
COUNTY REPORTS NUMEROUS SMALL STREAM FLOODING. THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE
POTOMAC RIVER AT FRANKLIN WAS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND STILL RISING.
PERSONS ALONG THE SOUTH BRANCH AND THE NORTH FORK OF THE SOUTH BRANCH OF
THE POTOMAC RIVER IN PENDLETON COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO RISING WATER
AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF WATERS CONTINUE TO RISE.
 
WEATHER RADAR IS INDICATING THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE
WARNED COUNTIES...HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM THE RECENT RAINS WILL CONTINUE
FLOODING PROBLEMS ALONG THE STREAMS AND CREEKS FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 3
HOURS.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS 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.
 
 
END
 
GILKERSON
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In the hours before

WVZ005-008-009-MDZ009-161315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
717 AM EDT FRI APR 16 1993

...HEAVY RAINS ACROSS NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY
OF WESTERN MARYLAND OVERNIGHT...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RUMBLED ACROSS NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
AND WESTERN MARYLAND OVERNIGHT PORDUCING SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS.
AUTOMATED RAINGAGES INDICATE 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND POCAHONTAS COUNTY OF
THE GREENBREIER OF WEST VIRGINIA...GARRETT COUNTY OF WESTERN MARYLAND.

WEATHER RADAR AT 715 AM WAS INDICATING SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING EAST AND SOUTHEAST FROM A CLARKSBURG TO
MORGANTOWN LINE INTO THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN
MARYLAND. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AROUND
40 MPH.

SMALL STREAMS COULD REACH BANKFULL WITH SOME MINOR OVERFLOW POSSIBLE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS. MINOR FLOODING TO LOW
LYING AND POUR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE.

MOTORIST SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION AND WATCH FOR PONDING OR FLOWING
WATER ACROSS HIGHWAYS.

MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER
STATEMEN"TS AND THE LATEST UPDATED INFORMATION.

END

GILKERSON

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.