Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jan 28, 1994, 9:41 AM EST for Marion County, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 1994, 9:41 AM EST (14:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 1994, 12:45 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Marion County, WV, Monongalia County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 492 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 KEKN 281441 RRA FFWEKN WVC046-061-281745- BULLETIN - EMERGENCY BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 941 AM EST FRI JAN 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA ...MARION COUNTY...MONONGALIA COUNTY SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE AT OR NEAR BANKFULL WITH SOME ALREADY STARTING TO OVERFLOW ACROSS MONONGALIA AND MARION COUNTIES. JAKES RUN IN THE OSAGE AREA OF MONONGALIA COUNTY IS STARTING TO BLOCK THE HIGHWAY. ROBERTS RUN IN BLACKSVILLE AT BANKFULL AND WILL SOON OVERFLOW. BUFFALO CREEK IN MANNINGTON OF MARION COUNTY HAS STARTED TO FLOOD SOME STREETS AND IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO RISE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. A MUD SLIDE WAS REPORTED ON THE CURTISVILLE-SMITHFIELD ROAD. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED FOR THE PRESENT, BUT RUNOFF FROM SNOW MELT AND THE RECENT RAINS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. 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. END GILKERSON/HILL
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, Jan 28, 6:38 AM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
WVZ024-025-033>037-042>045-281500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 638 AM EST FRI JAN 28 1994 ...FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... WEATHER RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATED LIGHT RAIN OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF WEST VIRGINIA FROM A SUTTON TO ELKINS LINE SOUTH THROUGH THE GREENBRIER VALLEY TO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. RAIN HAD ENDED OR WAS VERY LIGHT IN THE WESTERN LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. TEMPERATURES ROSE ABOVE FREEZING OVERNIGHT IN THE GREENBRIER VALLEY AND PRECIPITATION THERE HAD CHANGED TO RAIN AND DRIZZLE. SOME FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE CONTINUED IN THE BORDERING COUNTIES OF WESTERN VIRGINIA. MOTORISTS ON I-64 FROM WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS TO COVINGTON, VIRGINIA SHOULD USE CAUTION AND BE ALERT FOR ICY SPOTS, ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. DURING THE MORNING, REDEVELOPMENT OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. WEATHER RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER SHIELD OF RAIN FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY TO SOUTHERN TENNESSEE. NO FLOODING HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS. HOWEVER, THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND IT WILL TAKE LESS THAN AN INCH OF RAIN IN THREE HOURS TO BEGIN A SERIOUS FLOOD THREAT IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. PERSONS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD KEEP PERSISTENT CHECKS ON WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE RISING THROUGH THE 30S AND 40S DURING THE MORNING HOURS, AND RANGE FROM THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S REGIONWIDE BY 10 AM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/BURRUS
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 6:39 AM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
WVZ024-025-033>037-042>045-281500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 638 AM EST FRI JAN 28 1994 ...FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... WEATHER RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATED LIGHT RAIN OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF WEST VIRGINIA FROM A SUTTON TO ELKINS LINE SOUTH THROUGH THE GREENBRIER VALLEY TO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. RAIN HAD ENDED OR WAS VERY LIGHT IN THE WESTERN LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. TEMPERATURES ROSE ABOVE FREEZING OVERNIGHT IN THE GREENBRIER VALLEY AND PRECIPITATION THERE HAD CHANGED TO RAIN AND DRIZZLE. SOME FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE CONTINUED IN THE BORDERING COUNTIES OF WESTERN VIRGINIA. MOTORISTS ON I-64 FROM WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS TO COVINGTON, VIRGINIA SHOULD USE CAUTION AND BE ALERT FOR ICY SPOTS, ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. DURING THE MORNING, REDEVELOPMENT OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. WEATHER RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER SHIELD OF RAIN FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY TO SOUTHERN TENNESSEE. NO FLOODING HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS. HOWEVER, THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND IT WILL TAKE LESS THAN AN INCH OF RAIN IN THREE HOURS TO BEGIN A SERIOUS FLOOD THREAT IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. PERSONS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD KEEP PERSISTENT CHECKS ON WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE RISING THROUGH THE 30S AND 40S DURING THE MORNING HOURS, AND RANGE FROM THE MID :40S TO LOWER 50S REGIONWIDE BY 10 AM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/BURRUS
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 9:20 AM EST, 21 minutes before
WVZ001>047-VAZ001>017-281700- FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 920 AM EST FRI JAN 28 1994 ...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TODAY ACROSS MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA... ...FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR DODDRIDGE, PLEASANTS, RITCHIE, TYLER AND WETZEL THIS MORNING... WOOD COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA WAS ON THE EDGE OF THE HEAVIER RAIN THAT FELL OVERNIGHT IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE RAIN BROUGHT SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN WOOD COUNTY TO NEAR BANKFULL, AND IN SOME CASES A LITTLE OVER BANKFULL. THE WOOD COUNTY OES AND PARKERSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED SOME MINOR FLOODING FROM SMALL STREAM OVERFLOW. WATER WAS OVER PORTIONS OF GUYAN ROAD, LOST PAVEMENT ROAD AND CORE ROAD IN OR NEAR PARKERSBURG. SOME OVERFLOW WAS REPORTED ALONG POND RUN, POND CREEK, WALKER CREEK AND WORTHINGTON CREEK. THE STREAMS AND CREEKS IN WOOD COUNTY SOUULD BE BACK WITHIN THEIR BANKS BY NOON. RAIN HAS ENDED IN THE AREA FOR NOW, BUT MORE RAIN MAY MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA LATE THIS MONRING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. SO, ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF MORE HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED FOR NOW, THE THREAT WILL NOT END UNTIL THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER STANDING ON OR FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS. END/PCZ
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 9:21 AM EST, 20 minutes before
WVZ001>047-VAZ001>017-281700- FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 920 AM EST FRI JAN 28 1994 ...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TODAY ACROSS MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA... ...FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR DODDRIDGE, PLEASANTS, RITCHIE, TYLER AND WETZEL THIS MORNING... WOOD COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA WAS ON THE EDGE OF THE HEAVIER RAIN THAT FELL OVERNIGHT IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE RAIN BROUGHT SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN WOOD COUNTY TO NEAR BANKFULL, AND IN SOME CASES A LITTLE OVER BANKFULL. THE WOOD COUNTY OES AND PARKERSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED SOME MINOR FLOODING FROM SMALL STREAM OVERFLOW. WATER WAS OVER PORTIONS OF GUYAN ROAD, LOST PAVEMENT ROAD AND CORE ROAD IN OR NEAR PARKERSBURG. SOME OVERFLOW WAS REPORTED ALONG POND RUN, POND CREEK, WALKER CREEK AND WORTHINGTON CREEK. THE STREAMS AND CREEKS IN WOOD COUNTY SOUULD BE BACK WITHIN THEIR BANKS BY NOON. RAIN HAS ENDED IN THE AREA FOR NOW, BUT MORE RAIN MAY MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA LATE THIS MONRING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. SO, ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF MORE HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED FOR NOW, THE THREAT WILL NOT END UNTIL THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE THhROUGH WATER STANDING ON OR FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS. END/PCZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Tyler | 12 hr |
| Jan 28, 5:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Ritchie | 6 hr |
| Jan 28, 5:51 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 6 hr |
| Jan 28, 6:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wetzel | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994
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.