Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 80, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 7, 1994, 9:13 PM EDT for Pocahontas County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 1994, 9:13 PM EDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1994, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pocahontas County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 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 080113 FFWEKN WVC075-001-041-077-083-080445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 913 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST WEST VIRGINIA ...POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA ...BARBOUR COUNTY...LEWIS COUNTY...PRESTON COUNTY ...RANDOLPH COUNTY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED OVER THOSE AREAS SATURATED FROM THE HEAVY RAINS WHICH FELL THIS AFTERNOON. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS QUICKLY RUNNING INTO THE SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, AND RIVERS CAUSING MANY TO RISE TO OR ABOVE FLOOD LEVELS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. MOST DEATHS IN FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. 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, 5 hours 14 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, 5 hours 13 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 43 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 32 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...
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, 8:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Taylor | 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 | 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.