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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Charleston, WV

July 19, 2001Raleigh County, Wyoming County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2001, 10:34 PM EDT for Raleigh County, Wyoming 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
Jul 19, 2001, 10:34 PM EDT (02:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2001, 1:30 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Raleigh County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 00:00Z on 2001-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 593 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2001-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
593 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KRLX 200237
FFWRLX

WVC081-109-200530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1034 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  RALEIGH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  WYOMING COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 130 AM EDT...

* AT 1032 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY
  HEAVY RAIN OVER PINEVILLE...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF          
  PINEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN INCLUDE...
  HELEN....
  MABEN...
  MULLENS...

BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RISING WATER ESPECIALLY IN STREAMS AND CREEKS 
WITH DEBRIS LEFTOVER FROM THE RECENT FLOODS.  DOPPLER RADAR 
INDICATED OVER ONE AND HALF INCHES HAS FALLEN ALREADY IN PORTIONS OF 
SOUTHERN RALEIGH COUNTY AND NORTHERN WYOMING COUNTY.      

<<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.

<<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 3760 8180 3747 8141 3771 8116 3777 8137

Nearby

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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.