Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 2002, 4:43 PM EDT for McDowell County, West Virginia; Buchanan County, 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
- May 2, 2002, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2002, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Buchanan County, VA, McDowell County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 208 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 418 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KRLX 022043 FFWRLX VAC027-WVC047-022345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 445 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BUCHANAN COUNTY IN VIRGINIA... MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 745 PM EDT... * AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MCDOWELL AND BUCHANAN COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 2 INCHES HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS AND MORE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. LOCAL OFFICIALS IN MCDOWELL COUNTY HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS WATER PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. ROUTE 52 HAS HIGH WATER OVER THE ROADS EAST AND WEST OF WELCH...AND ROUTE 16 NORTH OF THE CITY IS PARTIALLY BLOCKED. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE DAVENPORT...GRUNDY... HURLEY AND WELCH. --CALL TO ACTION-- A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. --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. --CALL TO ACTION-- 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 1:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 30 min |
| May 2, 1:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 26 min |
| May 2, 2:06 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Gilmer | 24 min |
| May 2, 11:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan | 37 min |
| May 2, 11:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 31 min |
| May 2, 11:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone | 40 min |
| May 2, 11:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 3 hr |
| May 2, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 23 min |
| May 2, 1:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell | 3 hr |
| May 2, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 37 min |
| May 2, 3:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 3 hr |
| May 2, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 46 min |
| May 2, 6:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 3 hr |
| May 2, 7:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell | 6 hr |
| May 2, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 38 min |
| May 2, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 34 min |
| May 2, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Floyd | 31 min |
| May 2, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 43 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2002Flash Flood Warnings in 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.