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Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Charleston, WV

April 10, 1994Doddridge County, Harrison County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Apr 10, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT for Doddridge County, Harrison County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 10, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 1994, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

Counties Doddridge County, WV, Harrison County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 290 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 404 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 102200
FFWCRW
WVC017-073-085-095-103-107-110200-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
600 PM EDT SUN APR 10 1994

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE FLOOD
WARNING UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
.
IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA

   ...DODDRIDGE COUNTY

IN NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA

   ...PLEASANTS COUNTY...RITCHIE COUNTY...TYLER COUNTY
   ...WETZEL COUNTY...WOOD COUNTY

HIGH WATER STILL EXISTS IN MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA, WITH SMALL STREAMS
AND CREEKS REPORTED OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  MANY SECONDARY ROADS IN THE
WARNING AREA ARE COVERED BY WATER, WITH SOME ROADS IMPASSIBLE.

INTERMITTENT LIGHT RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH
10 PM EDT.

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
ABANDONE~D QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

END/ORCHANIAN

1 follow-up statement

000 
TTAA00 KEKN 102234 COR
FFWEKN
MDC023-WVC033-049-061-077-110200-
 
IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING - CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
634 PM EDT SUN APR 10 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS EXTENDED THE
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST MARYLAND
 
   ...GARRETT COUNTY
 
IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...HARRISON COUNTY...MARION COUNTY...MONONGALIA COUNTY
   ...PRESTON COUNTY
 
SMALL STREAMS ARE STILL REPORTED OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN THE MCHENRY AREA
OF GARRETT COUNTY IN WESTERN MARYLAND. AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE AT MCHENRY
HAD REPORTED 2.90 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 500
PM EDT.
 
A FEW SMALL STREAMS REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN HARRISON COUNTY.
HIGH WATER WAS REPORTED ON THE EDGEWOOD ROAD AT THE WILSONBURG SCHOOL,
JUST OFF OF ROUTE 50 WEST OF CLARKSBURG.
 
IN MARION COUNTY, HIGH WATER WAS STILL REPORTED ACROSS MANY ROADS,
ESPECIALLY IN THE MANNINGTON AREA. SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS WERE STILL
OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS. ONE FOOT OF WATER WAS STILL REPORTED TO BE
FLOWING OVER THE DAM ON DENTS RUN, WHICH IS A TRIBUTARY OF BUFFALO
CREEK. ALSO, BUFFALO CREEK WAS NOW REPORTED TO BE UP TO 14 FEET AND
RISING SLOWLY.
 
IN MONONGALIA COUNTY, SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS WERE STILL OUT OF THEIR
BANKS AND HIGH WATER WAS REPORTED ON SEVERAL ROADS, MAINLY WEST AND
SOUTHWEST OF THE MORGANTOWN AREA.
 
IN PRESTON COUNTY, NUMEROUS STREAMS ARE STILL OUT OF THEIR BANKS. MANY
OF THE STREAMS ARE BEGINNING TO RECEDE. SALTLICK CREEK CONTINUES TO
RISE, BUT SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEDE SOON. NUMEROUS ROADS IN PRESTON COUNTY
ARE STILL COVERED BY WATER, A PORTION OF YORKS RUN ROAD NEAR NEWBURG WAS
UNDER 3 FEET OF WATER DUE TO THE OVERFLOW OF FIELDS CREEK. SEVERAL
PERSONS HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM SALTLICK CREEK AFTER TRYING TO CROSS
SALTLICK CREEK AND THEIR VEHICLES WERE CAUGHT IN FLOOD WATERS. NO
INJURIES WERE REPORTED IN THIS INCIDENT.
 
AT THE PRESENT TIME, RADAR SHOWS MAINLY LIGHT RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS THE
WARNED COUNTIES. SINCE THE HEAVIER RAINS HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST, STREAMS
AND CREEKS SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEDE AND BE BACK WITHIN THEIR BANKS BY
10 PM EDT. ALL ROADS AND STREETS SHOULD ALSO BE CLEAR OF HIGH WATER
BY 10 PM EDT.
 
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
 
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 1:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Harrison, Lewis, Taylor	5 hr
Apr 10, 2:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood	4 hr
Apr 10, 2:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Tyler	4 hr
Apr 10, 6:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood	4 hr
Apr 10, 6:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Tyler	4 hr

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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.