Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Charleston, WV

June 5, 2001Boone County, Fayette County, Raleigh County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2001, 4:34 PM EDT for Boone County, Fayette County, Raleigh 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
Jun 5, 2001, 4:34 PM EDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2001, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Boone County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Raleigh County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2001-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 528 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 2001-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
603 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KRLX 052034
FFWRLX
WVC005-019-081-052330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
434 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOONE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHERN RALEIGH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

* AT 434 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY  RAIN 8 MILES SOUTHWEST 
  OF MADISON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE BECKLEY.

<<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 3771 8124 3793 8079 3800 8137 3796 8139
          3797 8147 3802 8147 3808 8195 3805 8196
          3803 8191 3797 8196 3794 8180 3784 8173

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRandolph25 min
Jun 5, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Raleigh45 min
Jun 5, 3:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWayne3 hr
Jun 5, 4:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLincoln3 hr
Jun 5, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette38 min
Jun 5, 6:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXKanawha, Lincoln, Putnam3 hr
Jun 5, 7:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXClay, Nicholas3 hr

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.