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Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Charleston, WV

August 10, 2000Kanawha County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2000, 12:32 AM EDT for Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was in force for 6 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 10, 2000, 12:32 AM EDT (04:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2000, 6:30 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Kanawha County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 2000-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2748 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2000-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2748 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 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 100436
FFWRLX
WVC039-101030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
ISSUED BY JACKSON KY
1232 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...CHESAPEAKE...COAL
  FORK...CROSS LANES...DUNBAR...MARMET...NITRO...PINCH...
  SISSONVILLE...SOUTH CHARLESTON...ST. ALBANS

* UNTIL 630 AM EDT

* AT 1230 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN CONTINUING ARCROSS THE COUNTY. THE RAIN WILL LIKELY LAST
  THROUGH 200 AM. RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE MOST OF THE NIGHT.

THIS WARNING SERVES TO EXTEND THE PREVIOUS WARNING WHICH EXPIRED
AT MIDNIGHT.

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.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
CHARLESTON. IF YOU CAN NOT REACH THE CHARLESTON OFFICE...PLEASE CONTACT
THE WEATHER OFFICE IN JACKSON KENTUCKY.

LAT...LOBN 3839 8188 3809 8147 3826 8123 3858 8151

INGRAM...NWS JACKSON KY
  FOR THE CHARLESTON WV OFFICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Kanawha, Putnam33 min
Aug 9, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell, Wayne34 min
Aug 9, 8:45 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXPutnam45 min
Aug 9, 8:54 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXCabell, Lincoln, Wayne36 min
Aug 9, 8:54 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXKanawha36 min
Aug 9, 9:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXNicholas61 min
Aug 9, 9:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas61 min
Aug 9, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Fayette, Kanawha59 min
Aug 9, 9:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell, Wyoming50 min
Aug 9, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRaleigh45 min
Aug 10, 12:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Mason, Putnam3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

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.