Alert archive / Maryland / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 1993, 2:53 AM EDT for Garrett County, Maryland. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1993, 2:53 AM EDT (06:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1993, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Garrett County, MD
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1308 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jun 8, 12:20 AM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
WVZ005-009-010-MDZ008-009-080515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 1220 AM EDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 1AM EDT... WEATHER RADAR AT 1215 AM INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ELKINS WEST VIRGINIA NORTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHERN BARBOUR AND NORTHERN UPSHUR COUNTY. ANOTHER STORM WAS MOVING OUT OF TUCKER COUNTY INTO GRANT COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL HARDY COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA NORTH INTO ALLEGANY COUNTY OF WESTERN MARYLAND. THE STRONGEST STORM IN THIS AREA WAS OVER MINERAL COUNTY SOUTH OF CUMBERLAND MARYLAND. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH AND COULD CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS. PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS AND FLOODING TO POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS. KEEP ALERT AND MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MONTIOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATMENTS OR WARNINGS. END GILKERSON NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:20 AM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
WVZ005-009-010-MDZ008-009-080515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 1220 AM EDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 1AM EDT... WEATHER RADAR AT 1215 AM INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ELKINS WEST VIRGINIA NORTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHERN BARBOUR AND NORTHERN UPSHUR COUNTY. ANOTHER STORM WAS MOVING OUT OF TUCKER COUNTY INTO GRANT COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL HARDY COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA NORTH INTO ALLEGANY COUNTY OF WESTERN MARYLAND. THE STRONGEST STORM IN THIS AREA WAS OVER MINERAL COUNTY SOUTH OF CUMBERLAND MARYLAND. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH AND COULD CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS. PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS AND FLOODING TO POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS. KEEP ALERT AND MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MONTIOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATMENTS OR WARNINGS. END GILKERSON NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:59 AM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-080700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 100 AM EDT TUE JUN 08 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 365 THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE 900 PM FOR THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA HAS EXPIRED... THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT RACED SOUTHEAST OUT OF OHIO AND ACROSS NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN 1000 PM AND 1230 AM HAVE NOW MOVED EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS NOW ENDED FOR TONIGHT IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. SOME LINGERING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN THE MORGANTOWN TO CLARKSBURG AREAS AS WELL AS NEAR WEBSTER SPRINGS AND EAST OF ELKINS. THIS PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS BY 300 AM. END/PCZ
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:00 AM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-080700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 100 AM EDT TUE JUN 08 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 365 THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE 900 PM FOR THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA HAS EXPIRED... THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT RACED SOUTHEAST OUT OF OHIO AND ACROSS NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN 1000 PM AND 1230 AM HAVE NOW MOVED EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS NOW ENDED FOR TONIGHT IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. SOME LINGERING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN THE MORGANTOWN TO CLARKSBURG AREAS AS WELL AS NEAR WEBSTER SPRINGS AND EAST OF ELKINS. THIS PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS BY 300 AM. END/PCZ
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:28 AM EDT, 25 minutes before
WVZ002>005-080800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 230 AM EDT TUE JUN 8 1993 AT 230 AM THE CHARLESTON RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AND WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME EASTERN MONONGALIA COUNTY AND PRESTON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIAS BY 3 AM. THIS STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING, STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN AS IT CONTINUES DTO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. END AAR
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:30 AM EDT, 23 minutes before
WVZ002>005-080800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 230 AM EDT TUE JUN 8 1993 AT 230 AM THE CHARLESTON RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AND WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME EASTERN MONONGALIA COUNTY AND PRESTON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIAS BY 3 AM. THIS STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING, STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. END AAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Garrett | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 2:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Garrett | 67 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Maryland, 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.