Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Feb 9, 1994, 1:30 PM EST for Webster County, West Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 9, 1994, 1:30 PM EST (18:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 9, 1994, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Webster County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -61 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 091850 COR FFWCRW WVC013-021-085-095-101-092300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING ...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 130 PM EST WED FEB 9 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...CALHOUN COUNTY...GILMER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA ...RITCHIE COUNTY...TYLER COUNTY IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA ...WEBSTER COUNTY LIGHT RAIN HAS GIVEN WAY TO FREEZING RAIN, SLEET AND SOME SNOW OVER MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. CONCERN IS NOW TURNING TO ICY ROADWAYS IN MANY AREAS, BUT HIGH WATER CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM IN CALHOUN, GILMER, RITCHIE, TYLER AND WEBSTER COUNTIES AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR SMALL STREAMS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED THERE. THE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR SMALL STREAMS HAS EXPIRED FOR BRAXTON, DODDRIDGE, JACKSON, ROANE AND WIRT COUNTIES. A FEW LOCATIONS IN THESE COUNTIES STILL HAVE SOME WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS BUT WATER LEVELS ON SMALL STREAMS ARE FALLING. IN TYLER COUNTY ROUTE 18 CONTINUES TO BE BLOCKED BY HIGH WATER FROM MIDDLE ISLAND CREEK. WATER WAS STILL BLOCKING ROUTE 31 IN RITCHIE COUNTY IN CAIRO. THE WEST FORK OF THE LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER IN CALHOUN COUNTY WAS STILL OVERFLOWING IN MANY LOCATIONS AND ROUTE 16 WAS BLOCKED AT STINSON. LEADING CREAK IN GILMER COUNTY WAS FLOODING ALONG ITS` LENGTH FROM LEWIS COUNTY DOWNSTREAM THROUGH TROY AND ON TO ITS` JUNCTURE WITH THE LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER JUST WEST OF GLENVILLE. ABOUT A DOZEN ROADS CONTINUE TO BE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER IN WEBSTER COUNTY. MUCH COLDER WEATHER FLOWING INTO WEST VIRGINIA WILL AID IN SLOWING THE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN OF TUESDAY AND EARLY TODAY. SMALL STREAMS WILL BEGIN OR CONTINUE A STEADY FALL THIS AFTERNOON AND MOST SHOULD BE BACK WITHIN THEIR BANKS BY EARLY THIS EVENING. MORE SERIOUS FLOODING IS NOW OCCURRING ON SOME WEST VIRGINIA RIVERS. MAJOR FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ON THE CHEAT, TYGART VALLEY, BUCKHANNON, WEST FORK AND LITTLE KANAWHA. SOME MINOR FLOODING IS ALSO FORECAST ON SOME LOCATIONS ON THE GREENBRIER, ELK, AND GAULEY RIVERS IN WEST VIRGINIA. SEE RIVER FLOOD WARNING...ISSUANCE NUMBER 4 FOR FURTHER DETAILS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER STANDING ON OR FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS. END/PCZ
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, 10:19 AM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes before
KYC100>105-107-119-OHC081>083-085>088-WVC005>007-082130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 1020 AM EST WED FEB 9 1994 ....WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE TRI-STATE FOR TODAY... FREEZING RAIN WAS CONTINUING TO FALL IN SCIOTO, JACKSON, PIKE, GALLIA, LAWRENCE AND MEIGS COUNTIES OF OHIO, LEWIS, GREENUP, NORTHERN BOYD COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY, AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MASON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. THE RAIN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS. THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING ACROSS AREA ROADS ESPECIALLY ON OVERPASSES. END/GEORGE
Special weather statement, Feb 9, 10:20 AM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
KYC100>105-107-119-OHC081>083-085>088-WVC005>007-082130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 1020 AM EST WED FEB 9 1994 ....WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE TRI-STATE FOR TODAY... FREEZING RAIN WAS CONTINUING TO FALL IN SCIOTO, JACKSON, PIKE, GALLIA, LAWRENCE AND MEIGS COUNTIES OF OHIO, LEWIS, GREENUP, NORTHERN BOYD COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY, AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MASON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. THE RAIN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS. THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING ACROSS AREA ROADS ESPECIALLY ON OVERPASSES. END/GEORGE
Special weather statement, Feb 9, 10:40 AM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
WVZ024-025-033>036-042>045-091800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 1040 AM EST WED FEB 9 1994 AT 1040 AM LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED TO BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. WEATHER RADAR SHOWED EMBEDDED PATCHES OF MODERATE RAIN OVER NORTHERN FAYETTE AND EASTERN WYOMING COUNTIES AS WELL. SPOTTERS IN SOUTHERN FAYETTE AND GREENBRIER COUNTIES HAVE REPORTED SOME AREAS OF WATER FLOWING OVER ROUTE 20 NEAR THE FAYETTE AND GREENBRIER COUNTY LINE. ALTHOUGH NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECIEVED IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA, STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RUNNING AT THREE-QUARTER TO NEAR BANK FULL IN SOME LOCATIONS. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND THIS COMBINED WITH RUNOFF FROM EARLY RAINS MAY PUSH SOME CREEKS OVER THEIR BANKS. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE ACROSS WATER-COVERING ROADWAYS. THE RAIN WILL TAPER OFF LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA WITH A RETURN OF WINTRY WEATHER INTO THURSDAY. END/COBB/ROZANSKI
Special weather statement, Feb 9, 10:40 AM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
WVZ024-025-033>036-042>045-091800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 1040 AM EST WED FEB 9 1994 AT 1040 AM LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED TO BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. WEATHER RADAR SHOWED EMBEDDED PATCHES OF MODERATE RAIN OVER NORTHERN FAYETTE AND EASTERN WYOMING COUNTIES AS WELL. SPOTTERS IN SOUTHERN FAYETTE AND GREENBRIER COUNTIES HAVE REPORTED SOME AREAS OF WATER FLOWING OVER ROUTE 20 NEAR THE FAYETTE AND GREENBRIER COUNTY LINE. ALTHOUGH NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECIEVED IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA, STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RUNNING AT THREE-QUARTER TO NEAR BANK FULL IN SOME LOCATIONS. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND THIS COMBINED WITH RUNOFF FROM EARLY RAINS MAY PUSH SOME CREEKS OVER THEIR BANKS. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE ACROSS WATER-COVERING ROADWAYS. THE RAIN WILL TAPER OFF LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA WITH A RETURN OF WINTRY WEATHER INTO THURSDAY. END/COBB/ROZANSKI
Special weather statement, Feb 9, 1:18 PM EST, 12 minutes before
KYC100>105-107-119-OHC081>083-085>088-WVC005>007-092030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 120 PM EST WED FEB 9 1994 ....FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR JOHNSON AND MARTIN COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY FOR THIS AFTERNOON.... ....WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF THE TRI-STATE FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.... AT 1PM LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN, FREEZING RAIN, SLEET AND SNOW WERE FALLING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY, SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE RAIN WAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF LINE FROM SOUTHERN WAYNE AND CABELL COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA TO SOUTHERN LAWRENCE, JOHNSON AND MARTIN COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY. THE MIXED WINTER WEATHER WAS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THAT LINE. ICING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY, SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO AND ACROSS NORTHERN WAYNE, NORTHERN CABELL AND NORTHERN MASON COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA WAS BEGINNING TO STICK TO ROADS AND TRAVEL WILL BE SLIPPERY. THE MIXED WINTER WEATHER WILL REMAIN INTO EARLY TONIGHT AS COLD AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED, THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING REMAINS ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL THE RAINS TURN TO MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION BY DARK. MO TORISTS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR WATER ACROSS ROADS AND NOT DRIVE THROUGH IT. END/DG
Special weather statement, Feb 9, 1:20 PM EST, 10 minutes before
KYC100>105-107-119-OHC081>083-085>088-WVC005>007-092030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 120 PM EST WED FEB 9 1994 ....FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR JOHNSON AND MARTIN COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY FOR THIS AFTERNOON.... ....WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF THE TRI-STATE FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.... AT 1PM LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN, FREEZING RAIN, SLEET AND SNOW WERE FALLING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY, SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE RAIN WAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF LINE FROM SOUTHERN WAYNE AND CABELL COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA TO SOUTHERN LAWRENCE, JOHNSON AND MARTIN COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY. THE MIXED WINTER WEATHER WAS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THAT LINE. ICING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY, SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO AND ACROSS NORTHERN WAYNE, NORTHERN CABELL AND NORTHERN MASON COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA WAS BEGINNING TO STICK TO ROADS AND TRAVEL WILL BE SLIPPERY. THE MIXED WINTER WEATHER WILL REMAIN INTO EARLY TONIGHT AS COLD AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED, THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING REMAINS ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL THE RAINS TURN TO MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION BY DARK. MOTORISTS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR WATER ACROSS ROADS AND NOT DRIVE THROUGH IT. END/DG
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 | 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, 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.