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Flash Flood Warning 134, NWS Charleston, WV

August 8, 1996Pocahontas County, West Virginia

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWood35 min
Aug 8, 4:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWirt, Wood5 hr
Aug 8, 4:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson5 hr
Aug 8, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson37 min
Aug 8, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRitchie, Wirt, Wood30 min
Aug 8, 4:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRitchie5 hr
Aug 8, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge, Harrison40 min
Aug 8, 5:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRandolph5 hr
Aug 8, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell, Mason, Putnam33 min
Aug 8, 6:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWebster4 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.