Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Charleston, WV
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.
- 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 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.
| 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, 4:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell | 3 hr |
| May 2, 7:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell | 6 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.