Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 135, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 1996, 6:48 PM EDT for Webster 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, 6:48 PM EDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 1996, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Webster County, WV
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 082249 FFWCRW WVC101-090245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 648 PM EDT THU AUG 8 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...SOUTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DUMPING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OVER THE SAME LOCAL SPOT SOUTHEAST OF WEBSTER SPRINGS WV. RAINFALLS HAVE BEEN UP TO TWO INCHES IN AN HOUR. THE STORM SHOWS NO SIGN OF WEAKENING OR MOVING AWAY FROM THE AREA. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS B\RIDGES...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. EOM
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 8, 6:25 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
KYZ100>105-107-119-090000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 621 PM EDT THU AUG 8 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 935 HAS BEEN CANCELLED IN EASTERN KENTUCKY... THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WHICH PRODUCED HAZARDOUS WEATHER EARLIER TODAY HAS DIMINISHED SOME IN INTENSITY AS IT HAS MOVED SOUTH THROUGH NORTHERN KENTUCKY. AS A RESULT..THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED IN EASTERN KENTUCKY. END/R*EZEK
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, 6:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 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.