Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Apr 30, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT for Braxton County, West Virginia. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 1994, 7:07 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Braxton County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Apr 30, 1:47 PM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
WVZ041-047-301845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 147 PM EDT SAT APR 30 1994 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. WEATHER RADAR AT 140 PM INDICATED THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST RANDOLPH COUNTY AND EASTERN TUCKER COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN GRANT COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER, STAY INSIDE UNTIL THE STORM HAS DIMINISHED OR ENDED. WATCH FOR PONDING WATER ON HIGHWAYS AND REDUCE YOUR SPEED. END GILKERSON NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 2:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
WVZ021-022-023-030-031-032-039-040-041-046-047-MDZ001-301945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 249 PM EDT SAT APR 30 1994 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. WEATHER RADAR AT 245 PM EDT INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM GILMER COUNTY NORTH THROUGH DODDRIDGE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO SHOWN OVER UPSHUR AND SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTIES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS TUCKER INTO SOUTHERN PRESTON COUNTY AND SOUTHERN GARRETT COUNTY OF WESTERN MARYLAND. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS COULD CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL, DANGEROUS LIGHNTING AND HEAVY RAINS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APRROACHES MOVE INDOORS TO SAFE SHELTER. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. END GILKERSON N$NNN
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 3:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
WVZ006-007-005-KYZ103-102-104-101-107-105-100-119-OHZ081-086-083- 087-085-082-088-290200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 310 PM EDT SAT APR 30 1994 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERTORMS ARCROSS THE TRI STATE... AT 305 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO POP UP ACROSS GREENUP, CARTER, AND ELLIOTT COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY. ALSO A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS APPROACHING ADAMS COUNTY OHIO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. GUSTY WINDS, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE STORMS. IF THESE STORMS ENTER YOUR AREA, MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. LISTEN rTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. END/SALAZAR
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 4:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
WVZ015-016-027-302200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 415 PM EDT SAT APR 30 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST KANAWHA COUNTY... AT 410 PM...CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST KANAWHA COUNTY JUST EAST OF SISSONVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN ROANE COUNTY BEFORE 445 PM, AND SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY BY ABOUT 515 PM. THIS STORM WILL CONTAIN BRIEFLY GUSTY WINDS, HEAVY DOWNPOURS, OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. ANYONE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. REYNOLDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton | 67 min |
| Apr 30, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lewis, Upshur | 60 min |
| Apr 30, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison, Marion, Taylor | 65 min |
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.