Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Charleston, WV

July 8, 2001McDowell County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2001, 2:00 PM EDT for McDowell County, West Virginia. It was in force for 2 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
Jul 8, 2001, 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2001, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County McDowell County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 2001-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 221 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 2001-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 242 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
221 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KRLX 081803
FFWRLX

WVC047-082000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
200 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

* AT 155 PM EDT...HEAVY RAINS HAVE TEMPORARILY MOVED OUT OF THE 
COUNTY...BUT STRONG RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL PRODUCE 
FLOODING.  IN ADDITION...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS MAY REDEVELOP THIS 
AFTERNOON AND FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION.  

.

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

$$

LAT...LON 3748 8197 3725 8171 3726 8145 3742 8134
          3751 8169

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 5:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Harrison, Tyler2 hr
Jul 8, 8:48 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXFayette117 min
Jul 8, 9:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRaleigh2 hr
Jul 8, 10:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWyoming3 hr
Jul 8, 10:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXFayette2 hr
Jul 8, 12:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXKanawha2 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.