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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Charleston, WV

July 10, 2000Cabell County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2000, 10:06 PM EDT for Cabell County, West Virginia. It was in force for 84 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2000, 10:06 PM EDT (02:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2000, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Cabell County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2000-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1714 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2000-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 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
1714 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
854 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KRLX 110206
FFWRLX
WVC011-110330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1006 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CABELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT...

* HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA AND RUNOFF IS REACHING
AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS CAUSING RAPID RISES.  ABOUT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE PEA RIDGE...CULLODEN
  AND BARBOURSVILLE.

<<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.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 10:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell33 min
Jul 10, 10:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMingo, Wayne2 hr
Jul 10, 11:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCabell114 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.