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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2004, 9:20 PM EDT for Jackson County, Mason 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 27, 2004, 9:20 PM EDT (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2004, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, WV, Mason County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 290 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1105 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KRLX 280123 FFWRLX WVC035-053-280415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 920 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... MASON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 1215 AM EDT... * AT 918 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES INDICATED VERY HEAVY OVER MUCH OF MASON AND JACKSON COUNTIES. ESPECIALLY ALONG TURKEY FORK AND DRIFT RUN CREEKS IN JACKSON COUNTY AND ALONG KINGS BRANCH AND TRACE FORK CREEKS IN MASON COUNTY. --CALL TO ACTION-- 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. PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. $$ SIKORA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Calhoun | 42 min |
| May 27, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer | 40 min |
| May 27, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison | 37 min |
| May 27, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 43 min |
| May 27, 8:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Wirt | 35 min |
| May 27, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Webster | 47 min |
| May 27, 9:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer | 34 min |
| May 27, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 41 min |
| May 27, 9:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Randolph | 44 min |
| May 27, 9:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 40 min |
| May 27, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 36 min |
| May 27, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Roane | 33 min |
| May 27, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Webster | 43 min |
| May 27, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 35 min |
| May 27, 10:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 58 min |
| May 27, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 39 min |
| May 28, 2:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 39 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.