Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 18, 2002, 7:01 PM EDT for Monroe County, West Virginia. It was in force for 119 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 18, 2002, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2002, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 707 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KRNK 182301 FFWRNK WVC063-190100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 659 PM EDT WED SEP 18 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA * UNTIL 900 PM EDT * AT 659 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY. * LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...WOLFCREEK... <<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. RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ LAT...LON 3769 8055 3761 8060 3762 8072 3771 8065 11
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS71 KRNK 190003 FFSRNK 190200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 800 PM EDT WED SEP 18 2002 A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PULASKI COUNTY VIRGINIA UNTIL 10:00 PM EDT. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONROE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 9:00 PM EDT. AT 8:00 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY VIRGINIA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 3.5 AND 4.0 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN JUST NORTH OF DUBLIN VIRGINIA...ALONG BACK AND NECK CREEKS. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG THESE STREAMS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES...WHICH MAY EFFECT PARTS OF NECK CREEK ROAD...HIGHLAND ROAD...KENT FARM ROAD...AND STATE ROUTE 100. IN WEST VIRGINIA...THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED IN NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY. HOWEVER...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT NEARLY 4.0 INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN WOLFCREEK AND JOHNSON CROSSROADS. FLASH FLOODING MAY BE ONGOING...ALONG WOLFCREEK...EFFECTING PARTS OF COUNTY ROAD 10 AND STATE ROUTE 3. FOR YOUR SAFETY...BE VERY CAUTIOUS OF WATER THAT COVERS THE ROAD AT NIGHT...THE WATER DEPTH COULD BE GREATER THAN YOU THINK...AND BRIDGES WASHED OUT. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$
Nearby
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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.