Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Charleston, WV

May 22, 2001Clay County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2001, 3:18 PM EDT for Clay County, West Virginia. It was in force for 57 min. 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, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2001, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Clay County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 12:00Z on 2001-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 133 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2001-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KRLX 221918
FFWRLX
WVC015-222015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
318 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

* AT 315 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER CLAY COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

.

<<CALL TO ACTION>> 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.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.

$$

LAT...LON 3847 8128 3828 8123 3845 8085 3866 8104

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Roane39 min
May 21, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Gilmer33 min
May 21, 8:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXNicholas, Webster47 min
May 22, 8:32 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXKanawha3 hr
May 22, 8:36 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLincoln3 hr
May 22, 8:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRoane3 hr
May 22, 9:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming3 hr
May 22, 1:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan2 hr
May 22, 2:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMcDowell, Raleigh, Roane, Wyoming100 min
May 22, 3:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGilmer30 min
May 22, 4:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPocahontas94 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.