Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 90, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 1994, 7:32 AM EDT for Tucker County, West Virginia. It was in force for 118 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1994, 7:32 AM EDT (11:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1994, 9:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tucker County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 637 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1324 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 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 271132 FFWEKN WVC093-271330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 732 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA ...NORTHERN TUCKER COUNTY AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES IN NORTHWESTERN TUCKER COUNTY INDICATE THAT RAINFALL IN THE PAST HOUR HAS MORE THAN EXCEEDED THE AMOUNT NEEDED TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DUMPED 1.65 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS NORTHWESTERN TUCKER COUNTY IN THE LAST HOUR AND 1.73 SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN EARLIER THIS MORNING. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT ONLY 1.10 INCHES OF RAIN IS NEEDED TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. MANY SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY NOW BE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN FLOODING MAY ALSO BE A PROBLEM. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS. 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. END/FERRELL 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, Aug 27, 5:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
WVZ020-023-029>032-039>041-047-271100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 540 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 1994 AT 535 AM THIS MORNING, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS EAST OF A LINE FROM ELKINS TO CLARKSBURG TO MORGANTOWN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF BUCKHANNON. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND POSSIBLY, SOME SMALL HAIL. END/RPY
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 5:42 AM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
WVZ020-023-029>032-039>041-047-271100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 540 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 1994 AT 535 AM THIS MORNING, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS EAST OF A LINE FROM ELKINS TO CLARKSBURG TO MORGANTOWN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF BUCKHANNON. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND POSSIBLY, SOME SMALL HAIL. END/RPY
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 6:52 AM EDT, 40 minutes before
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 7:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 8:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 8:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph, Upshur | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994
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.