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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Charleston, WV

August 2, 2000Buchanan County, Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2000, 6:17 PM EDT for Buchanan County, 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 2, 2000, 6:17 PM EDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2000, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Buchanan County, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 2000-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 82 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 2000-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 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
82 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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 
WGUS51 KRLX 022220
FFWRLX
VAC027-030115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
617 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BUCHANAN COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT...

* AT 612 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER VANSANT...AND EAST OF GRUNDY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

<<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.

$$

LAT...LON 3705 8207 3708 8201 3712 8201 3715 8188
          3722 8175 3726 8175 3728 8183 3737 8193
          3741 k8192 3746 8200 3753 8196 3730 8229
          3712 8215 3706 8212

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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.