Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 80, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2003, 10:14 PM EDT for Lewis County, Upshur County, West Virginia. It was in force for 106 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
- Aug 16, 2003, 10:14 PM EDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2003, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 106 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lewis County, WV, Upshur County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 1060 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1056 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KRLX 170217 FFWRLX WVC041-097-170415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1014 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LEWIS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... UPSHUR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 1215 AM EDT... * AT 1012 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER LEWIS AND UPSHUR COUNTIES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE BUCKHANNON... WESTON...HORNER...ROCK CAVE...AND ALEXANDER. 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 TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. $$ HC
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS71 KRLX 170357 FFSRLX WVC041-083-097-170430- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1154 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR UPSHUR...RANDOLPH AND LEWIS COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS ENDING AND SHIFTING SOUTH OF THE WARNED AREAS...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WATER MAY CONTINUE TO BE PONDING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW SPOTS OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AS LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS DIMINISH. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. $$ HC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 10:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 119 min |
| Aug 17, 2:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 2 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.