Flash Flood Warning 93, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

Jun 2, 1997, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)

Expired

Jun 2, 1997, 9:15 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Area

Whole counties

Counties Washington County, OH, Pleasants County, WV

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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.

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TTAA00 KCRW 022109
FFWCRW
OHC167-WVC073-030115-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
510 PM EDT MON JUN 2 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...PLEASANTS COUNTY
 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. RADAR ESTIMATED
UP TO 2 INCHES IN THE PAST 1 TO 2 HOURS ACROSS THIS AREA. THIS WILL
CAUSE FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. THESE STORMS ARE
MOVING VERY SLOWLY.
 
<< CALL TO ACTION >> A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THATB 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 Ohio, 1997Flash 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.