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Flash Flood Warning 87, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Nov 12, 2003, 6:25 PM EST for Logan County, Mingo County, West Virginia. It was in force for 65 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
- Nov 12, 2003, 6:25 PM EST (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 12, 2003, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Logan County, WV, Mingo County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 11.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 851 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 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 122327 FFWRLX WVC045-059-130030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 625 PM EST WED NOV 12 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 730 PM EST... * AT 618 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY OVER MINGO AND LOGAN COUNTIES...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE LOGAN...MALLORY...MAN... MOUNT GAY...SWITZER AND BLAIR. --CALL TO ACTION-- 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 30 min |
| Nov 12, 6:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 37 min |
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.