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Flash Flood Warning 123, NWS Charleston, WV

August 9, 1997Webster County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 1997, 6:57 PM EDT for Webster County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 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 9, 1997, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 1997, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Webster County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 1997-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 31 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 1997-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
31 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 092302 RRA
FFWCRW
WVC101-100200-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
657 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY
 
AT 6:50 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED JUST UNDER TWO AND A HALF
INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR IN NORTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY. THIS
RAIN FELL ABOUT 5 TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HACKER VALLEY. FLASH FLOODING
CAN BE EXPECTED AROUND LITTLE SUGAR CREEK...BIG LICK RUN...MADER RUN...
FALL RUN...AND OTHER STREAMS IN THIS AREA.
 
<< CALL TO ACTION >> DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE
WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW
YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. WATCH OUT FOR MUD SLIDES.

Nearby

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Sources

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.