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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Charleston, WV

June 16, 2003Kanawha County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2003, 5:50 AM EDT for Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was in force for 115 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
Jun 16, 2003, 5:50 AM EDT (09:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2003, 7:45 AM EDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Kanawha County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 00:00Z on 2003-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 212 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 00:00Z on 2003-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 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
212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KRLX 160951
FFWRLX
WVC039-161145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
550 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 745 AM EDT...

* AT 546 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER SISSONVILLE...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  SISSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE CHARLESTON...           
  CLENDENIN...SISSONVILLE...ELKVIEW AND PINCH.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED 
ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT 
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.

$$

HC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 3:35 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXKanawha115 min
Jun 16, 7:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXKanawha75 min
Jun 16, 9:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXNicholas3 hr
Jun 16, 9:19 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXKanawha3 hr
Jun 16, 10:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPocahontas3 hr
Jun 16, 5:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoone3 hr
Jun 16, 5:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMingo3 hr
Jun 16, 5:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLogan3 hr
Jun 16, 5:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWayne3 hr
Jun 16, 5:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMason3 hr
Jun 16, 6:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPutnam3 hr
Jun 16, 7:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCabell3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.