Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 1993, 6:17 PM EDT for Gilmer County, West Virginia. It was in force for 103 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1993, 6:17 PM EDT (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 103 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gilmer County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 817 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 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 KCRW 032217 FFWCRW WVC021-040000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 617 PM EDT SAT JUL 3 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...GILMER COUNTY A THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER EASTERN GILMER COUNTY DUMPED 1.71 INCHES OF RAIN IN 25 MINUTES. THIS ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH TO CAUSE A PROBLEM. HOWEVER...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER THE REGION. ADDITION RAINFALL WILL SEND MANY SMALLER STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. WATCH OUT FOR MUD SLIDES.
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, Jul 3, 5:21 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-032330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 525 PM EDT SAT JUL 3 1993 AT 520 PM...WEATHER RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTENDING INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OVER MINGO...MCDOWELL...NORTHEAST SUMMERS...EASTERN GREENBRIER...WESTERN NICHOLAS...AND SOUTHEAST ROANE COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN BUCHANAN AND NORTHEAST RUSSELL COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA AND LAWRENCE COUNTY KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH GO TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. END/CGF
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:25 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-032330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 525 PM EDT SAT JUL 3 1993 AT 520 PM...WEATHER RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTENDING INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OVER MINGO...MCDOWELL...NORTHEAST SUMMERS...EASTERN GREENBRIER...WESTERN NICHOLAS...AND SOUTHEAST ROANE COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN BUCHANAN AND NORTHEAST RUSSELL COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA AND LAWRENCE COUNTY KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH GO TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. END/CGF
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:00 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
KYZ006-008-WVZ003-OHZ009-032300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 600 PM EDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ....THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 545 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KETUCKY AND WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY NEAR LOUISA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS ...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. PERSONS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/SMITH
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:05 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
KYZ006-008-WVZ003-OHZ009-032300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 600 PM EDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ....THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 545 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KETUCKY AND WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY NEAR LOUISA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS ...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. PERSONS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO O R TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/SMITH
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:14 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-040030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 615 PM EDT SAT JUL 3 1993 AT 610 PM...WEATHER RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTENDING INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OVER SOUTHERN MCDOWELL...CLAY AND WESTERN NICHOLAS COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA AND BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH GO TO A$ SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. END/CGF
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:15 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-040030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 615 PM EDT SAT JUL 3 1993 AT 610 PM...WEATHER RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTENDING INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OVER SOUTHERN MCDOWELL...CLAY AND WESTERN NICHOLAS COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA AND BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH GO TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. END/CGF
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.