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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Sep 2, 2000, 6:19 PM EDT for Kanawha County, Roane 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
- Sep 2, 2000, 6:19 PM EDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2000, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kanawha County, WV, Roane County, WV
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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 637 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 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 022219 FFWRLX WVC039-087-030115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 619 PM EDT SAT SEP 2 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... SOUTHERN ROANE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 915 PM EDT... * AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES NORTH OF PINCH...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WERE ACROSS EASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY WITH RADAR ESTIMATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR. . <<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 3830 8160 3821 8137 3856 8126 3870 8152
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 5:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 117 min |
| Sep 2, 6:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 7:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone | 2 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.