Flash Flood Warning 90, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

Jun 2, 1997, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)

Expired

Jun 2, 1997, 7:00 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Area

Whole counties

County Nicholas County, WV

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KCRW 022004
FFWCRW
WVC067-022300-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
404 PM EDT MON JUN 2 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...NORTHERN NICHOLAS COUNTY
 
RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE EXCESSIVE RAINS...GREATER THAN 2
INCHES HAVE FALLEN DURING THE PAST 1 TO 2 HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA PRODUCING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS.
PEOPLE LIVING ALONG THE BIRCH RIVER AND BUFFALO CREEK SHOULD BE AWARE
OF FAST RISING WATER AS WELL AS PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
 
<< CALL TO ACTION >> A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS
IMMINENT.  IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS
...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.
CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS DURING THREATENING RAINS.

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.