Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 134, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 1996, 6:06 PM EDT for Pocahontas County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 1996, 6:06 PM EDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 1996, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pocahontas County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 082207 FFWCRW WVC075-090215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 606 PM EDT THU AUG 8 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN EAST WEST VIRGINIA ...POCAHONTAS COUNTY AT THE ISSUING OF THIS WARNING THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THE RAINFALL IS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY PARTICULARLY NORTH OF BARTOW WHERE NEAR 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN ONLY AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED THERE. HOWEVER..AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO CREATE SOME LOCALIZED PROBLEMS ELSEWHERE SO PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY MUST STAY ALERT. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 4:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wirt, Wood | 5 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 5 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 4:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Ritchie | 5 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 5:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 5 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 6:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.