Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 7, 1994, 8:41 PM EDT for Taylor County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 1994, 8:41 PM EDT (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1994, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Taylor County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 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 080041 FFWEKN WVC033-091-093-097-080445- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 841 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA ...HARRISON COUNTY...TAYLOR COUNTY...TUCKER COUNTY ...UPSHUR COUNTY OFFICIALS IN HARRISON COUNTY REPORT THAT FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ON PATERSON FORK RUNNING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SALEM, WEST VIRGINIA. PATERSON FORK ROAD WAS COVERED BY WATER IN SEVERAL PLACES AND TWO BRIDGES ARE ALSO CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. WIDESPREAD CULVERT OVERFLOW WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE COUNTY WITH ROADS AND HIGHWAYS REPORTED CLOSED IN SALEM, CLARKSBURG, ANMOORE AND BRIDGEPORT. OFFICIALS IN UPSHUR COUNTY REPORT FLOODING IN THE SHELBYVILLE AREA IN THE SOUTHERN END OF THE COUNTY. LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE BUCKHANNON RIVER ARE NOW UNDER WATER, WITH VEHICLES AND RESIDENTS BEING MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND. AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES IN TUCKER COUNTY INDICATE THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY BE IN PROGRESS. REPORTS FROM OFFICIALS IN TAYLOR COUNTY INDICATED THAT SMALL STREAMS AND CREEK IN THE GRAFTON, BLUEVILLE AND LUCRETIA AREAS AND ALONG CURVED BRIDGE ROAD WERE OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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/HILL NNNN
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, May 7, 3:59 PM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
WVZ015-016-018-027-028-037-038-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 400 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 1994 MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS HAVE FALLEN LAST NIGHT AND TODAY OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. IN PARTICULAR, THE HEAVIER RAINS HAVE FALLEN IN WEBSTER AND PORTIONS OF RANDOLF AND PORTIONS OF POCAHONTAS COUNTIES INCLUDING: THE UPPER REACHES OF THE ELK RIVER, THE HOLLY RIVER, THE UPPER REACHES OF THE GAULEY RIVER AND THE WILLIAMS RIVER. THIS RAINFALL, COMBINED WITH SOME ADDITIONAL MODERATE RAINSHOWERS EXPECTED TONIGHT, WILL BRING THE STREAMS AND RIVERS IN THIS AREA TO 3/4 BANKFULL WITH SOME LOCATIONS APPROACHING BANKFULL. NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, THE WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PRECIPITATION AS IT MOVES THROUGH THIS AREA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. END/REZEK
Special weather statement, May 7, 4:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
WVZ015-016-018-027-028-037-038-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 400 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 1994 MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS HAVE FALLEN LAST NIGHT AND TODAY OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. IN PARTICULAR, THE HEAVIER RAINS HAVE FALLEN IN WEBSTER AND PORTIONS OF RANDOLF AND PORTIONS OF POCAHONTAS COUNTIES INCLUDING: THE UPPER REACHES OF THE ELK RIVER, THE HOLLY RIVER, THE UPPER REACHES OF THE GAULEY RIVER AND THE WILLIAMS RIVER. THIS RAINFALL, COMBINED WITH SOME ADDITIONAL MODERATE RAINSHOWERS EXPECTED TONIGHT, WILL BRING THE STREAMS AND RIVERS IN THIS AREA TO 3/4 BANKFULL WITH SOME LOCATIONS APPROACHING BANKFULL. NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, THE WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PRECIPITATION AS IT MOVES THROUGH THIS AREA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. END/REZEK
Special weather statement, May 7, 5:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
WVZ042>045-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 530 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 1994 ...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS SUMMERS COUNTY... AT 535 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HINTON IN SUMMERS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN MONROE AND SOUTHERN GREENBRIER COUNTIES BEFORE 6 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. END/COBB ...CORRECTED FOR MOVEMENT...
Special weather statement, May 7, 5:41 PM EDT, 3 hours before
WVZ042>045-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 530 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 1994 ...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS SUMMERS COUNTY... AT 535 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HINTON IN SUMMERS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN MONROE AND SOUTHERN GREENBRIER COUNTIES BEFORE 6 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. END/COBB ...CORRECTED FOR MOVEMENT...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 8:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge | 5 hr |
| May 7, 8:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 5 hr |
| May 7, 8:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison, Upshur | 4 hr |
| May 7, 8:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer | 5 hr |
| May 7, 9:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Nicholas | 5 hr |
| May 7, 9:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Randolph | 4 hr |
| May 7, 9:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 4 hr |
| May 7, 9:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lewis | 4 hr |
| May 7, 10:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 4 hr |
| May 7, 11:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 3 hr |
| May 7, 11:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Putnam | 3 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.