Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997

Flash Flood Warning 74, NWS Charleston, WV

June 1, 1997Fayette County, Raleigh County, Wyoming County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 1997, 7:16 PM EDT for Fayette County, Raleigh County, Wyoming 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
Jun 1, 1997, 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1997, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fayette County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 1997-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 96 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 1997-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 195 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
96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 012317
FFWCRW
WVC019-081-109-020200-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
716 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY...WESTERN RALEIGH COUNTY
   ...WYOMING COUNTY
 
AT 713 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES
OF RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR IN A NARROW BAND STRETCHING FROM NORTHERN
WYOMING COUNTY NEAR GLEN ROGERS...NORTHWARD TO CLEAR CREEK AND ARTIE IN
RALEIGH COUNTY...AND TO ELK RIDGE AND POWELLTON IN FAYETTE COUNTY.
 
 
<< 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 5:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson3 hr
Jun 1, 6:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXKanawha, Putnam3 hr

Nearby

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

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.