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Flash Flood Warning 78, NWS Charleston, WV

June 1, 1997McDowell County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 1997, 8:47 PM EDT for McDowell 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
Jun 1, 1997, 8:47 PM EDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1997, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County McDowell County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 00:00Z on 1997-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 976 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1997-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
976 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 020049
FFWCRW
WVC047-020445-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
847 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...MCDOWELL COUNTY
 
AT 845 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES OF RAIN IN
THE LAST HOUR OVER PORTIONS OF MCDOWELL COUNTY.
 
<< CALL TO ACTION >> BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS
HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH
FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 8:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoone3 hr
Jun 1, 8:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson4 hr
Jun 1, 8:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWood3 hr
Jun 1, 9:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRoane3 hr
Jun 1, 9:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoone, Fayette, Kanawha, Putnam, Raleigh4 hr
Jun 1, 9:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWyoming4 hr
Jun 1, 9:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLincoln4 hr
Jun 1, 10:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLogan4 hr
Jun 2, 1:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLewis, Upshur50 min
Jun 2, 2:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLewis3 hr
Jun 2, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGilmer48 min
Jun 2, 2:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXUpshur3 hr
Jun 2, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour66 min
Jun 2, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRitchie64 min
Jun 2, 3:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGilmer3 hr
Jun 2, 3:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRitchie3 hr
Jun 2, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton68 min
Jun 2, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWirt58 min
Jun 2, 3:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBarbour3 hr
Jun 2, 4:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXNicholas3 hr
Jun 2, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXUpshur68 min
Jun 2, 4:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWirt4 hr
Jun 2, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGilmer59 min
Jun 2, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha65 min
Jun 2, 5:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLewis4 hr
Jun 2, 5:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants4 hr
Jun 2, 5:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Kanawha, Roane4 hr
Jun 2, 5:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXHarrison, Lewis, Upshur5 hr
Jun 2, 5:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBarbour5 hr
Jun 2, 5:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXTyler3 hr
Jun 2, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMason62 min
Jun 2, 5:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPocahontas3 hr
Jun 2, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha58 min
Jun 2, 6:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRandolph4 hr
Jun 2, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWayne58 min

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.