Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2001, 9:28 AM EDT for 6 counties in 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
- May 22, 2001, 9:28 AM EDT (13:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2001, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Boone County, WV, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KRLX 221328
FFWRLX
WVC005-045-047-059-081-109-221630-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
928 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BOONE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
RALEIGH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
WYOMING COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT...
* AT 924 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
RAIN OVER GILBERT CREEK...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF HURLEY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WELCH...PINEVILLE...
MADISON AND BECKLEY.
<<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 3731 8182 3728 8174 3785 8106 3788 8129
3798 8148 3811 8153 3818 8165 3823 8166
3824 8173 3815 8193 3806 8198 3798 8197
3791 8177 3762 8214 3753 8195 3736 8190The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Roane | 39 min |
| May 21, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer | 33 min |
| May 21, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas, Webster | 47 min |
| May 22, 8:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 3 hr |
| May 22, 8:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| May 22, 8:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Roane | 3 hr |
| May 22, 1:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan | 2 hr |
| May 22, 2:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell, Raleigh, Roane, Wyoming | 100 min |
| May 22, 3:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay | 57 min |
| May 22, 3:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gilmer | 30 min |
| May 22, 4:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 94 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.