Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002

Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV

January 23, 2002Buchanan County, Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jan 23, 2002, 9:14 AM EST for Buchanan County, Virginia. It was in force for 4 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
Jan 23, 2002, 9:14 AM EST (14:14 UTC)
Expired
Jan 23, 2002, 1:00 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Buchanan County, VA

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 2002-01-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 2002-01-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 346 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
419 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
346 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
323 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 231414
FFWRLX
VAC027-231800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
914 AM EST WED JAN 23 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 100 PM EST...

* AT 902 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. OVER THE PAST 10 HOURS...RAINFALL OF 
  ONE AND A HALF TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES HAS FALLEN. 

* SOME OF THE STREAMS EFFECTED INCLUDE LITTLE INDIAN CREEK... 
  HURRICANE CREEK...BIG BRANCH...GRISSOM CREEK...BALT CREEK...
  WHITT BRANCH...LONG BRANCH. OTHER STREAMS IN THE REGION MAY ALSO 
  BE EFFECTED. THIS COULD INCLUDE PORTIONS OF COUNCIL...VENIA...
  AND DAVENPORT.
 

--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.

STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY FURTHER 
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO
SO SAFELY.

$$

LAT...LON 3719 8223 3703 8213 3707 8203 3713 8200
          3715 8190 3717 8188

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.