Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 1994, 5:15 AM EST for Harrison County, Marion County, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 1994, 5:15 AM EST (10:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 1994, 8:15 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harrison County, WV, Marion County, WV, Monongalia County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 482 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 593 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 665 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 101020 FFWEKN WVC033-049-061-101315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 515 AM EST THU MAR 10 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS EXTENDED THE FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA ...HARRISON COUNTY...MARION COUNTY...MONONGALIA COUNTY SMALL STREAMS ARE REPORTED OUT OF THEIR BANKS ACROSS MUCH OF MARION AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF MONONGALIA AND HARRISON COUNTIES. MOST OF THE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE MANNINGTON, FAIRVIEW AND GRANT TOWN AREAS ARE REPORTED OUT OF THEIR BANKS WITH NUMEROUS ROADS COVERED BY WATER. IN MONONGALIA COUNTY, DUNKARDS CREEK WAS STILL OUT IT'S BANKS IN A FEW AREAS. DENTS RUN WAS STILL OUT OF IT'S BANKS BUT WAS NOW RECEDING. ALSO, WATER WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE RIVER ROAD, LITTLE INDIAN CREEK ROAD, DENTS RUN BOULEVARD, ROUTE 7 WEST, BUCKEYE ROAD AND BLUE GOOSE ROAD. THE COLLAPSE OF A CREEK BANK HAS CAUSED A SMALL STREAM IN THE SARDIS AREA OF HARRISON COUNTY TO OVERFLOW IT'S BANKS AND FLOW ACROSS THE RIVER ROAD. AT THE PRESENT TIME, MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS. ANY ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS IN THESE AREAS, COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO OVERFLOW AND AGGREVATE THE FLOODING ALREADY IN PROGRESS. 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 FERRELL/EVANS
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, Mar 10, 12:10 AM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
WVZ024-025-033>036-042>045-100900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 1210 AM EST THU MAR 10 1994 ...FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT FOR SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE EARLY MORNING PERIOD. SOME OF THIS RAIN MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN LOWLANDS AS THE SYSTEM FROM THE SOUTHWEST CONTINUES TO PUSH NORTHEASTWARD THIS MORNING. THIS, COMBINED WITH RECENT RAINFALL AND ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS, WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS A POSSIBILITY EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND GREENBRIER VALLEY, HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS IS DUE PRIMARILY IN PART BY THE WARMER AIR BEING FORCED INTO THE REGION. HOWEVER, THE CHANCE OF A FEW LINGERING POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN ISOLATED AREAS. CURRENT REPORTS, TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, CONTINUED TO INDICATE THAT NO CREEK OR SMALL STREAM FLOODING HAS YET DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE ONLY SITUATION WAS A MINOR DRAINAGE PROBLEM NEAR MT. GAY IN LOGAN COUNTY EARLIER THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEARLY STEADY, TO SLOWLY RISING, IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S OVER MOST LOCATIONS THROUGH 4 AM. NIGHTTIME MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE FLOODED AREAS. USE CAUTION NEAR ANY SMALL STREAMS OR CREEKS OVERNIGHT. ALSO, IF YOU LIVE ALONG ANY STREAMS OR CREEKS, YOU SHOULD MONITOR THEM CLOSELY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS, AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING OCCUR. END/ROZANSKI
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 12:32 AM EST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
WVZ005>047-VAZ001>017-100800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1230 AM EST THU MAR 10 1994 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND THE NEW RIVER VALLEY IN VIRGINIA HAS EXPIRED... TEMPERATURES HAVE SLOWLY RISEN IN MOST LOCATIONS OF SOUTEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND THE NEW RIVER VALLEY OF VIRGINIA DURING THE EVENING. A FEW POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE LINGERED AT MIDNIGHT, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE PRECIPITATION WAS NOW FALLING IN THE FORM OF RAIN AS TEMPERATURES PUSH ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. A FEW ICY AREAS WILL LINGER INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SO MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR ICY PATCHES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND WARM TEMPERATURES INTO THE 40S DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA. END/PCZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 10:40 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:41 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Tyler | 4 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.