Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Feb 9, 1994, 8:55 AM EST for Doddridge County, Tyler County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 9, 1994, 8:55 AM EST (13:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 9, 1994, 1:00 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Doddridge County, WV, Tyler County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 120 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 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 091405 FFWCRW WVC007-013-017-021-035-085-087-095-101-105-091800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 855 AM EST WED FEB 9 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...BRAXTON COUNTY...CALHOUN COUNTY...DODDRIDGE COUNTY ...GILMER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA ...RITCHIE COUNTY...TYLER COUNTY...WIRT COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA ...JACKSON COUNTY...ROANE COUNTY IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA ...WEBSTER COUNTY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA THIS MORNING, AND AT THIS POINT, MOST OF IT IS RUNNING OFF DIRECTLY INTO THE STREAMS. MOST STREAMS IN THE WARNING COUNTIES ARE OVERFLOWING AND FLOODING IS WIDESPREAD. MANY ROADS ARE BLOCKED BY HIGH WATER AND WATER LEVELS WILL BE SLOW TO COME DOWN AS THE RAIN CONTINUES THIS MORNING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER STANDING ON OR FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS. HIGH WATER IS ALSO EXPECTED ON RIVERS ACROSS NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND A RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE CHEAT, BUCKHANNON, WEST FORK, LITTLE KANAWHA AND TYGART VALLEY RIVERS. SEE RIVER FLOOD WARNING...ISSUANCE NUMBER 3 FOR DETAILS. ZINN
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 9, 3:45 AM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes before
WVZ024-025-033>036-042>045-VAZ007-010>013-091300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 345 AM EST WED FEB 9 1994 AT 340 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN COVERING ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE REGION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA OVERNIGHT. SOME SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE RUNNING NEAR BANKFUL. ADDITIONAL RAIN TODAY MAY CAUSE SOME STREAMS TO OVERFLOW. PERSONS LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS OR IN NORMAL FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD KEEP WATCH ON WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL RETURN WINTRY WEATHER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. END/MONEYPENNY
Special weather statement, Feb 9, 3:45 AM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes before
WVZ024-025-033>036-042>045-VAZ007-010>013-091300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 345 AM EST WED FEB 9 1994 AT 340 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN COVERING ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE REGION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA OVERNIGHT. SOME SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE RUNNING NEAR BANKFUL. ADDITIONAL RAIN TODAY MAY CAUSE SOME STREAMS TO OVERFLOW. PERSONS LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS OR IN NORMAL FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD KEEP WATCH ON WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL RETURN WINTRY WEATHER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. END/MONEYPENNY
Special weather statement, Feb 9, 6:56 AM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
WVZ024-025-033>036-042>045-VAZ007-010>013-091600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 656 AM EST WED FEB 9 1994 AT 650 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERING ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE REGION THROUGH MID MORNING. NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA OVERNIGHT. SOME SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE RUNNING NEAR BANKFUL. ADDITIONAL RAIN TODAY MAY CAUSE SOME STREAMS TO OVERFLOW. PERSONS LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS OR IN NORMAL FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD KEEP WATCH ON WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTHS ON ROADWAYS. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHECB DEPTHS ON ROADWAYS. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL RETURN WINTRY WEATHER THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY. END/MONEYPENNY
Special weather statement, Feb 9, 6:57 AM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
WVZ024-025-033>036-042>045-VAZ007-010>013-091600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 656 AM EST WED FEB 9 1994 AT 650 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERING ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE REGION THROUGH MID MORNING. NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA OVERNIGHT. SOME SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE RUNNING NEAR BANKFUL. ADDITIONAL RAIN TODAY MAY CAUSE SOME STREAMS TO OVERFLOW. PERSONS LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS OR IN NORMAL FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD KEEP WATCH ON WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTHS ON ROADWAYS. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL RETURN WINTRY WEATHER THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY. END/MONEYPENNY
Special weather statement, Feb 9, 8:40 AM EST, 15 minutes before
KYC100>105-107-119-OHC081>083-085>088-WVC005>007-082130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 840 AM EST WED FEB 9 1994 ....A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO TODAY.... AT 835AM FREEZING RAIN WAS BEING REPORTED IN SCIOTO, GALLIA, AND MEIGS COUNTIES OF OHIO. FREEZING RAIN WAS REPORTED IN JACKSON COUNTY OHIO EARLIER THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO DROP THROUGH THE MORNING CREATING SLICK ROADS. THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND THEN CHANGING TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING ACROSS AREA ROADS ESPECIALLY ON OVERPASSES. END/SALAZAR
Special weather statement, Feb 9, 8:46 AM EST, 9 minutes before
KYC100>105-107-119-OHC081>083-085>088-WVC005>007-082130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 840 AM EST WED FEB 9 1994 ....A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO TODAY.... AT 835AM FREEZING RAIN WAS BEING REPORTED IN SCIOTO, GALLIA, AND MEIGS COUNTIES OF OHIO. FREEZING RAIN WAS REPORTED IN JACKSON COUNTY OHIO EARLIER THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO DROP THROUGH THE MORNING CREATING SLICK ROADS. THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND THEN CHANGING TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING ACROSS AREA ROADS ESPECIALLY ON OVERPASSES. EvND/SALAZAR
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, 10:12 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wirt | 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 | 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
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.