Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2005, 5:37 PM EDT for Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was in force for 113 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2005, 5:37 PM EDT (21:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2005, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kanawha County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 5:55 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 14 Se Charleston, WV | CEDAR GROVE WATER IN HOUSE ON WILLIAMS STREET 100 BLOCK |
| Jul 19, 5:55 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 E Charleston, WV | MALDEN WEST VIRGINIA UNDERPASS 1 FT OF WATER IMPASSABLE, LIGHTNING STRUCK HOUSE IN CHARLESTON ON WEST SIDE ON WHITNEY STREET. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 584 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KRLX 192138
FFWRLX
WVC039-192330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
537 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.
* AT 532 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL
ESTIMATES OF UP TO 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED THROUGH 530 PM.
* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE
WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...CHARLESTON...CHESAPEAKE...COAL FORK...DUNBAR...MARMET...
NITRO...PINCH...SOUTH CHARLESTON...ST. ALBANS...BELLE...EAST BANK
AND ELKVIEW.
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.
TURN AROUND AND DONT DROWN. 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. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF
YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3832 8182 3825 8167 3814 8146 3846 8138
3841 8184
$$
052 follow-up statements
000
WGUS71 KRLX 192214
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
608 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005
WVC039-192330-
KANAWHA WV-
608 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
KANAWHA COUNTY...
VERY SERIOUS FLOODING POTENTIAL HAS SET UP ACROSS KANAWHA COUNTY.
AS OF 605 PM EDT...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED
FROM THE PUBLIC AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN KANAWHA COUNTY.
NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER
THE WARNED AREA...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM WITH VERY SERIOUS
FLOODING ANTICIPATED. REPORTS OF 4 TO 5 FEET OF WATER OVER ROADS
GLASGOW HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COAL FORK...
ST. ALBANS...SOUTH CHARLESTON...PINCH...INSTITUTE...ELKVIEW...DUNBAR
AND CHARLESTON.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
CHARLESTON.
LAT...LON 3832 8182 3825 8167 3814 8146 3846 8138
3841 8184
$$
JMV000
WGUS71 KRLX 192328
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
725 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005
WVC039-192335-
KANAWHA WV-
725 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL KANAWHA COUNTY WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 730 PM EDT...
ALTHOUGH SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WILL LINGER UNTIL 8 PM...MOST
OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. AFTER 8
PM...ISOLATED SHOWERS MAY LINGER FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS...BUT WILL
NOT FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3832 8182 3825 8167 3814 8146 3846 8138
3841 8184
$$
JMVThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Roane | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.