Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002

Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Charleston, WV

May 2, 2002Logan County, Mingo County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 2002, 6:36 PM EDT for Logan 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
May 2, 2002, 6:36 PM EDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2002, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Logan County, WV, Mingo County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 233 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 2002-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 317 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2002-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 382 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KRLX 022236
FFWRLX
WVC045-059-030200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
635 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...

* THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN WAS OVER ACROSS THE AREA...BUT RUNOFF
  REACHING AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS WAS STILL CAUSING RAPID RISES.

* AT 628 PM EDT...THE COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED ONGOING FLOODING.

IN LOGAN COUNTY...FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG ROUTE 17 BUT ROUTE 44 
WAS REPORTED TO BE FINE.  IN MINGO COUNTY...FLOODING WAS ONGOING IN 
MATEWAN...KERMIT...AND THE LAUREL CREEK AREA.  BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT 
OF RAINFALL EARLIER...RUNOFF WILL LIKELY TAKE SEVERAL MORE HOURS.

--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.

$$

.END/TRM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 1:00 AM EDTTornado WarningRLXRaleigh30 min
May 2, 1:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMason26 min
May 2, 2:06 AM EDTTornado WarningRLXGilmer24 min
May 2, 11:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLogan37 min
May 2, 11:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMingo31 min
May 2, 11:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone40 min
May 2, 11:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLogan, Mingo3 hr
May 2, 12:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell23 min
May 2, 1:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMcDowell3 hr
May 2, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell37 min
May 2, 3:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLogan, Mingo3 hr
May 2, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell46 min
May 2, 4:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMcDowell3 hr
May 2, 7:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMcDowell6 hr

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.