Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV

April 10, 2001Mingo County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Apr 10, 2001, 7:08 PM EDT for Mingo 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: Apr 10, 2001, 7:08 PM EDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2001, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

County Mingo County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 238 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -485 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1211 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KRLX 102312
FFWCRW
WVC059-110215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
708 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT...

* RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN SEEN OVER  
  THE PAST HOUR.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT
  1 TO 2 HOURS.  THIS WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF AREA CREEKS AND
  STREAMS.

<<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 3767 8220 3757 8211 3753 8201 3756 8189
          3763 8179 3768 8192 3764 8201 3772 8207

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Apr 10, 1:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 1:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
155 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2001

INDIANA SHORT STILL PROGGED TO ROLL ACROSS FORECAST AREA THIS
EVENING.  ANALYZED WEAK LOW ON INTERSECTING BOUNDARIES VICINITY CELL
SOUTHERN INDIANA.  EAST WEST BOUNDARY EXTENDS INTO SOUTHERN WV.  IT
IS A WEAK BOUNDARY THAT APPEARS TO HAVE FORMED TODAY AS PEGGED BY 6Z
MESO-ETA.  WITH HIGHER DEW POINTS ARE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS
BOUNDARY...FIGURE ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE PROPAGATING ALONG BOUNDARY
AND POSSIBLY EVEN LEAN A LITTLE ESE...AND THUS HEAVIEST QPF WILL
AFFECT SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING.  THUS
LEANING AWAY FROM IDEA OF ISSUING FFA FOR PRIMED AREAS OF SOUTHEAST
OHIO.

WILL MAINTAIN LIKELY POPS TONIGHT WITH BEST CHANCE FOR ANY SVR SOUTH
THIS EVENING.  LOOKS LIKE ACTIVITY SHOULD WIND DOWN LATE TONIGHT AS
SHORT WAVE ROLLS ON THROUGH...ALTHOUGH NGM SUGGEST SECOND WEAK SHORT
AND INSTABILITY AXIS SETTING UP NORTHWEST SOUTHEAST COULD PROLONG OR
RE-INSTIGATE ACTIVITY.

WEDNESDAY WILL SEE A NORTHWARD SURGE OF THE WARM AIR AND ANY
ACTIVITY SHOULD BE MAINLY OF THE DIURNAL VARIETY WITH PLENTY OF
INSTABILITY PRESENT.  POTPOURRI OF CLOUDS AROUND IN THE MORNING
COULD ALSO GIVE RISE TO VARIOUS BOUNDARIES FOR STORMS TO FOCUS ON.

AVN NOW FASTER ON PUSHING FRONT THROUGH...WITH TIMING PUSHED UP TO
EARLY FRIDAY.  AT ANY RATE...FRONT SHOULD BE NEARBY
THURSDAY...WARRANTING AT LEAST HIGH CHANCE POPS.  SHORT PUSHING
FRONT BACK NORTH THROUGH FORECAST AREA LATER SATURDAY SHOWN BY
EUROPEAN MODELS TRACKS WELL SOUTH OF AREA ON AVIATION.  WILL
PROBABLY STICK CLOSE TO CURRENT PACKAGE...WHICH HAS THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH FRIDAY AND POPS THROUGH SATURDAY...FOLLOWED BY
DRIER...COOLER WEATHER.

NUMBERS GENERALLY BALLPARK...LIKE FWC A LITTLE BETTER IN THE EARLIER
PERIODS...THEN LEAN TOWARD AVN.  POPS CURIOUSLY LOW THURSDAY WITH
FRONT IN VICINITY.  LESS INSTABILITY INDICATED PER CLOUDINESS AND
LESS INFLOW.

.RLX...
WV...NONE.
VA...NONE.
KY...NONE.
OH...NONE.

.END/TRM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 4:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

OHZ075-102115-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
450 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2001

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM CROSSING THROUGH ATHENS COUNTY...

RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH ATHENS
COUNTY. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS
TO 45 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORM
IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE PLAINS BY 5 PM...AND ATHENS BY 5:10 PM.
H
.END/NMB

Local storm report, Apr 10, 5:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
544 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0415 PM    PINEVILLE                 WV   1 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   WYOMING                        MARBLE AND QUARTER SIZE
                                          HAIL WITH LIMBS DOWN.

0515 PM    MATEWAN                   WV   1 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   MINGO                          1 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          UNTRAINED SPOTTER AT
                                          MATEWAN.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Harrison	46 min
Apr 10, 8:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton	26 min
Apr 10, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wyoming	24 min
Apr 10, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wyoming	35 min
Apr 10, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mingo	45 min
Apr 10, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mingo	34 min
Apr 10, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wood	34 min
Apr 10, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming	45 min
Apr 10, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Nicholas	57 min
Apr 10, 7:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lewis, Upshur	36 min
Apr 10, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Randolph	41 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2001 Every flash flood warning in 2001

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.