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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 2000, 6:12 PM EDT for 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
- Jul 30, 2000, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2000, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Raleigh County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 287 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KRLX 302212
FFWRLX
WVC081-109-310115-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
612 PM EDT SUN JUL 30 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
RALEIGH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
WYOMING COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT...
* AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT
VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF WYOMING AND
RALEIGH COUNTY.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE BECKLEY.
<<CALL TO ACTION>> A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD
TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY
FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY
AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
$$
LAT...LON 3741 8129 3777 8090 3787 8108 3788 8129
3796 8133 3797 8153 3776 8157 3776 8175
3770 8171 3766 8180 3755 8186 3749 8173
3753 8165The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 16 min |
| Jul 29, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jul 29, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone | 27 min |
| Jul 29, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jul 29, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 51 min |
| Jul 29, 10:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 5:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 5:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Logan | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 5:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 6:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 6:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Roane | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 7:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 7:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison | 4 hr |
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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.