Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 2001, 10:28 PM EDT for Lincoln County, Wayne County, West Virginia; Lawrence County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2001, 10:28 PM EDT (02:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2001, 2:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lawrence County, KY, Lincoln County, WV, Wayne County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 12:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood | Countywide, WV | The American Red Cross surveyed one single family home with minor damage. |
| May 19, 12:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood | South Portion, WV | Approximately 10 homes sustained water damage. Laurel Creek flooded near Leet. The Mud River overflowed around Hamlin. The sewage plant at the Griffithsville grade school was damaged. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KRLX 190233 FFWRLX KYC127-WVC043-099-190630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1028 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY... LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 230 AM EDT... * RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL AND MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IN AN HOUR OR LESS WILL LIKELY BEGIN FLASH FLOODING. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WAYNE...HAMLIN...BEECH FORK STATE PARK...YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK...LOUISA AND BLAINE. <<CALL TO ACTION>> BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772. $$ .END/ZINN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Webster | 32 min |
| May 18, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 30 min |
| May 19, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 33 min |
| May 18, 9:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boyd, Greenup | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2001Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2001Every 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.