Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 1994, 9:01 PM EDT for Barbour County, Preston County, Taylor County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1994, 9:01 PM EDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1994, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barbour County, WV, Preston County, WV, Taylor County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 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 140101 FFWEKN WVC001-077-091-140400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 901 PM EDT WED JUL 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA ...NORTHERN BARBOUR COUNTY...SOUTHERN PRESTON COUNTY ...TAYLOR COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN BARBOUR, SOUTWEST PRESTON, AND OVER TAYLOR COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THESE AREAS DURING THE PAST ONE AND ONE HALF HOUR. RAINFALL OF THIS INTENSITY WILL CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS VERY QUICKLY. A RAINFALL OBSERVER AT THORNTON IN NORTHEAST BARBOUR COUNTY REPORTED 2.42 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A ONE HOUR PERIOD ENDING JUST BEFORE 9 PM EDT, WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS 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. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. 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. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. END/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, Jul 13, 6:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
WVZ035-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 605 PM EDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL RALEIGH COUNTY... AT 6 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING BECKLY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD PASS THROUGH THE BECKLEY AREA BY 615 PM. BRIEF VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS, STRONG GUSTY WINDS, AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IF OUTDOORS MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED, STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH FOR WATER PONDING ON THE ROADAWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES. END/COBB
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 8:42 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
WVZ023-032-040-140245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 842 PM EDT WED JUL 13 1994 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS, AT 8:30 PM EDT, WERE SHOWING A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN BARBOUR, SOUTHERN TAYLOR, AND SOUTHWEST PRESTON COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL WERE FROM 1 TO IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THE STORM WAS OVER THE CLEMTOWN AND COVE RUN COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN BARBOUR COUNTY, AND WAS OVER TYGART LAKE STATE PARK IN SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY, THEN EAST TO OVER FELLOWSVILLE IN SOUTHWEST PRESTON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA. RAINFALL OF THIS INTENSITY WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE VERY QUICKLY, AND SOME MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. IF YOU LIVE ALONG OR NEAR A SMALL STREAM OR CREEK, OR IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA, BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF WATER LEVELS BEGIN TO RISE QUICKLY. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CARE UNDER AND NEAR THE HEAVIER RAINFALL. SLOW DOWN, AND NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER STANDING ON OR FLOWING ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. IF YOU BECOME AWARE OF ANY FLOODING WITHIN YOUR IMMEDIATE AREA, PHONE YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCENMENT AGENCY, AND AKS THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. END/HILL NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 8:42 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
WVZ023-032-040-140245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 842 PM EDT WED JUL 13 1994 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS, AT 8:30 PM EDT, WERE SHOWING A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN BARBOUR, SOUTHERN TAYLOR, AND SOUTHWEST PRESTON COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL WERE FROM 1 TO IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THE STORM WAS OVER THE CLEMTOWN AND COVE RUN COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN BARBOUR COUNTY, AND WAS OVER TYGART LAKE STATE PARK IN SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY, THEN EAST TO OVER FELLOWSVILLE IN SOUTHWEST PRESTON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA. RAINFALL OF THIS INTENSITY WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE VERY QUICKLY, AND SOME MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. IF YOU LIVE ALONG OR NEAR A SMALL STREAM OR CREEK, OR IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA, BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF WATER LEVELS BEGIN TO RISE QUICKLY. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CARE UNDER AND NEAR THE HEAVIER RAINFALL. SLOW DOWN, AND NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER STANDING ON OR FLOWING ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. IF YOU BECOME AWARE OF ANY FLOODING WITHIN YOUR IMMEDIATE AREA, PHONE YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCENMENT AGENCY, AND AKS THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. END/HILL NNNN
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.