Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

May 18, 1995, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)

Expired

May 19, 1995, 1:00 AM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Area

Whole counties

County Tyler County, WV

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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OHC009-WVC095-190500-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
705 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING  EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...ATHENS COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...TYLER COUNTY
 
IN TYLER COUNTY...MIDDLE ISLAND CREEK CONTINUES TO RISE AND WATER FROM
MCELROY CREEK HAS CLOSED ROUTE 23. WATERS WILL CONTINUE RISING SOME THIS
EVENING...AND MORE RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT.
 
IN ATHENS COUNTY...SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RUNNING VERY HIGH.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE MOVING INTO THE COUNTY BETWEEN 715 AND
800 PM...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN DUE LATER THIS EVENING.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH 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. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND POLICE BARRICADES.
 
REYNOLDS

In the hours before

WVZ007-009-017-018-029-OHZ066-067-076-083>085-KYZ101-102-104-202300-
SPECIAL WEATHER AND RIVER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
545 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

...WATER LEVELS RUNNING HIGH ON THE LITTLE SANDY IN KENTUCKY...
   AND ON THE HOCKING AND MUSKINGUM RIVERS IN OHIO....

...HIGH WATER LEVELS EXPECTED ON THE LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER IN
   WEST VIRGINIA...

RAINFALL THAT FELL ACROSS THE AREA EARLIER TODAY....EXPECTED RAINFALL
BETWEEN 3/4 TO 1.50 INCHES THIS EVENING...AND THE ALREADY SATURATED
GROUND WILL ALLOW MOST OF THE WATER TO RUNOFF INTO THE STREAMS AND INTO
THE LITTLE SANDY...HOCKING...MUSKINGUM...AND LITTLE KANAWHA RIVERS.

WATER LEVELS ON THE LITTLE SANDY AT GRAYSON WERE RUNNING NEAR BANKFULL
AT THIS TIME. THE LITTLE SANDY AT GRAYSON IS EXPECTED TO CREST AROUND
THE FLOOD STAGE OF 21 FEET DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY.

WATER LEVELS ON THE HOCKING RIVER AT ATHENS IS EXPECTED TO REACH NEAR
THE FLOOD STAGE OF 20 FEET ON SATURDAY EVENING.

WATER LEVELS ON THE MUSKINGUM RIVER ARE EXPECTED TO CREST FROM 3/4 TO
NEAR BANKFULL AT MCCONNELLSVILLE.

WATER LEVELS ON THE LITTLE KANAWHA AT GLENVILLE ARE EXPECTED TO REACH
3/4 TO NEAR BANKFULL AROUND NOON ON FRIDAY.  GRANTSVILLE AND ELIZABETH
ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO REACH 3/4 BANKFULL.

BACKWATER AFFECTS ON STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT FEED INTO THESE RIVERS MAY
CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

PERSONS LIVING ALONG THE LITTLE SANDY...HOCKING...MUSKINGUM...
AND LITTLE KANAWHA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAYS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

END/SIKORA

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.