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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Charleston, WV

June 1, 2002McDowell County, Mingo County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2002, 3:59 PM EDT for McDowell County, Mingo 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 1, 2002, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2002, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 2002-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 910 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 2002-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
910 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
876 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

946 
WGUS51 KRLX 011959
FFWRLX
WVC047-059-012300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
358 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

* AT 349 PM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED FLOODING
RODERFIELD AND COALWOOD IN CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY...AT THE
HEADWATERS OF THE TUG FORK...CLEAR FORK CREEK.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE GILBERT CREEK...WELCH
  AND WILLIAMSON.

--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...WHEN YOU CAN DO
SO SAFELY.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMingo48 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.