Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Feb 8, 1994, 10:12 PM EST for Wirt County, West Virginia. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 8, 1994, 10:12 PM EST (03:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 9, 1994, 4:15 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wirt County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 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
- 456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 409 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 481 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 090312 FFWCRW WVC013-017-021-085-105-090915- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1012 PM EST TUE FEB 8 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...CALHOUN COUNTY...DODDRIDGE COUNTY...GILMER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA ...RITCHIE COUNTY...WIRT COUNTY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA SINCE LATE AFTERNOON HAS CAUSED MANY SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO REACH BANKFULL OR TO GO OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN THE ABOVE COUNTIES. MORE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO dFLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. REYNOLDS
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, Feb 8, 7:10 PM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
KYC100>105-107-119-OHC081-083-085>088-WVC005>007-090300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 710 PM EST TUE FEB 8 1994 ....A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...MINOR FLOODING HAS OCCURRED IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 700 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN HAD DIMINSHED SIGNIFICANTLY IN ALL THE TRI STATE. HOWEVER, MINOR FLOODING HAS OCCURRED ON ROUTE 62 SOUTH AND ROUTE 2 SOUTH AT GALLIPOLIS FERRY, IN MASON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. IN ADDITION, MINOR FLOODING WAS REPORTED AT ROUTE 7 AT EUREKA, IN GALLIA COUNTY OHIO. ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED, RAINFALL MAY INCREASE AGAIN LATER TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTHEAST OUT OF WESTERN TENNESSEE. THE FREEZING RAIN THAT PLAGUED SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN TONIGHT. STREAMS WILL SLOWLY RECEDE THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, BUT MAY INCREASE AGAIN LATER TONIGHT IF HEAVY RAIN AGAIN DEVELOPS. PERSONS LIVING NEAR STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE TRI STATE SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/CICCONE
Special weather statement, Feb 8, 7:16 PM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
KYC100>105-107-119-OHC081-083-085>088-WVC005>007-090300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 710 PM EST TUE FEB 8 1994 ....A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...MINOR FLOODING HAS OCCURRED IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 700 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN HAD DIMINSHED SIGNIFICANTLY IN ALL THE TRI STATE. HOWEVER, MINOR FLOODING HAS OCCURRED ON ROUTE 62 SOUTH AND ROUTE 2 SOUTH AT GALLIPOLIS FERRY, IN MASON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. IN ADDITION, MINOR FLOODING WAS REPORTED AT ROUTE 7 AT EUREKA, IN GALLIA COUNTY OHIO. ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED, RAINFALL MAY INCREASE AGAIN LATER TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTHEAST OUT OF WESTERN TENNESSEE. THE FREEZING RAIN THAT PLAGUED SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN TONIGHT. STREAMS WILL SLOWLY RECEDE THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, BUT MAY INCRE~ASE AGAIN LATER TONIGHT IF HEAVY RAIN AGAIN DEVELOPS. PERSONS LIVING NEAR STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE TRI STATE SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/CICCONE
Special weather statement, Feb 8, 9:26 PM EST, 46 minutes before
WVZ009>012-090500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 926 PM EST TUE FEB 8 1994 ...A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WOOD...PLEASANT...TYLER AND WETZEL COUNTIES... AT 920 PM...CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN JUST ENTERING THE ADVISORY AREA FROM NEW MARTINSVILLE TO NEAR MASON. WITHIN THIS AREA, THERE ARE EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH EVEN HEAVIER RAIN. THIS AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. TEMPERATURES IN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE NEAR THE FREEZING MARK. THE TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY DROP WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS, AND THIS COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING, BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS AS TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD DETERIORATE VERY QUICKLY. REYNOLDS
Special weather statement, Feb 8, 9:26 PM EST, 46 minutes before
WVZ009>012-090500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 926 PM EST TUE FEB 8 1994 ...A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WOOD...PLEASANT...TYLER AND WETZEL COUNTIES... AT 920 PM...CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN JUST ENTERING THE ADVISORY AREA FROM NEW MARTINSVILLE TO NEAR MASON. WITHIN THIS AREA, THERE ARE EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH EVEN HEAVIER RAIN. THIS AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. TEMPERATURES IN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE NEAR THE FREEZING MARK. THE TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY DROP WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS, AND THIS COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING, BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS AS TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD DETERIORATE VERY QUICKLY. REYNOLDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 10:12 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Ritchie | 6 hr |
| Feb 8, 11:26 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Tyler | 9 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:03 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Randolph, Tucker, Upshur | 3 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:03 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison, Preston, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:03 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lewis | 3 hr |
| Feb 9, 4:05 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Ritchie, Wirt | 5 hr |
| Feb 9, 4:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton | 4 hr |
| Feb 9, 4:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane | 4 hr |
| Feb 9, 5:35 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 3 hr |
| Feb 9, 5:48 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Grant, Pendleton | 4 hr |
| Feb 9, 5:48 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mineral | 4 hr |
| Feb 9, 8:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt | 4 hr |
| Feb 9, 8:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 4 hr |
| Feb 9, 8:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Tyler | 4 hr |
| Feb 9, 8:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Feb 9, 11:16 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Greenbrier | 3 hr |
| Feb 9, 1:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Tyler | 5 hr |
| Feb 9, 1:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 5 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:11 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Greenbrier | 3 hr |
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.