Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 1993, 3:52 PM EDT for Raleigh County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 1993, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1993, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Raleigh County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 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
- 150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1227 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 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 111956 FFWBKW WVC081-112300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 352 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BECKLEY WV HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...RALEIGH COUNTY AT 350 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER RALEIGH COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DUMPED OVER AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN OVER THE COUNTY IN THE LAST HOUR. 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/CGF
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, May 11, 2:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-122000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 210 PM EDT WED MAY 11 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER WYOMING...MCDOWELL AND GREENBRIER COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 205 PM WEATHER RADAR AT BECKLEY INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER WYOMING...EASTERN MCDOWELL AND EASTERN EASTERN GREENBRIER COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO RALEIGH AND MERCER COUNTIES BY 230 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA GO TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS...ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. IF FLOODING APPEARS LIKELY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/CGF
Special weather statement, May 11, 2:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
WVZ003-KYZ006-OHZ009-112015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 215 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 1993 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO... AT 205PM EDT VERY ISOLATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE OHIO COUNTIES OF SCIOTO AND ADAMS. THESE STORMS HAD JUST DEVELOPED ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE LAST HOUR. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY HAVE HEAVY DOWNPOURS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY CONTINUE TO CROSS THESE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS THE TRI-STATE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..SEEK SAFETY INDOORS AND WAIT FOR THE STORMS TO PASS. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE LATEST STORMS. END/DG
Special weather statement, May 11, 2:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
WVZ003-KYZ006-OHZ009-112015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 215 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 1993 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO... AT 205PM EDT VERY ISOLATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE OHIO COUNTIES OF SCIOTO AND ADAMS. THESE STORMS HAD JUST DEVELOPED ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE LAST HOUR. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY HAVE HEAVY DOWNPOURS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY CONTINUE TO CROSS THESE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS THE TRI-STATE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..SEEK SAFETY INDOORS AND WAIT FOR THE STORMS TO PASS. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE LATEST STORMS. END/DG
Special weather statement, May 11, 2:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
WVZ006-007-008-112100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 250 PM EDT MON MAY 10 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER RALEIGH AND SUMMERS COUNTIES... AT 245 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER RALEIGH COUNTY AND SUMMERS COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA GO TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS...ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME URBAN AND SMALL TSTREAM FLOODING BECAUSE OF THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT. IF FLOODING APPEARS LIKELY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/CGF
Special weather statement, May 11, 3:25 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
WVZ003-KYZ006-OHZ009-112130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 325 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 1993 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS KENTUCKY AND OHIO... AT 320PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN ADAMS..MUCH OF SCIOTO..PIKE AND JACKSON COUNTIES IN SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS AREA SLOW MOVING AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE HEAVY DOWNPOURS ALONG WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEGUN TO POP UP ACROSS THE KENTUCKY COUNTIES OF GREENUP AND ELLIOTT DURING THE LAST HOUR. MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS YOUR AREA. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 430PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. END/DG
Special weather statement, May 11, 3:26 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
WVZ003-KYZ006-OHZ009-112130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 325 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 1993 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS KENTUCKY AND OHIO... AT 320PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN ADAMS..MUCH OF SCIOTO..PIKE AND JACKSON COUNTIES IN SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS AREA SLOW MOVING AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE HEAVY DOWNPOURS ALONG WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEGUN TO POP UP ACROSS THE KENTUCKY COUNTIES OF GREENUP AND ELLIOTT DURING THE LAST HOUR. MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS YOUR AREA. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 430PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. END/DG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Putnam | 58 min |
Nearby
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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.