Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Apr 30, 2005, 5:15 AM EDT for 4 counties in 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2005, 5:15 AM EDT (09:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2005, 8:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Wayne County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 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, 9.3 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 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 300915 FFWRLX WVC043-045-059-099-301215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 515 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA * UNTIL 815 AM EDT. * AT 509 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH EXPECTED THROUGH 8 AM. * HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE.... THERE ARE REPORTS OF CREEKS RUNNING NEAR BANKFULL IN LINCOLN AND MINGO COUNTIES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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. 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. PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3799 8249 3750 8213 3773 8172 3820 8207 $$ 29
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KRLX 301024 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 622 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005 WVC043-045-059-099-301215- MINGO WV-LINCOLN WV-WAYNE WV-LOGAN WV- 622 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 AM FOR MINGO...LINCOLN...WAYNE AND LOGAN COUNTIES... AT 615 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 65 IN PARSLEY BOTTOM AND BELO IN MINGO COUNTY. ALSO...ROUTE 3 IN GRIFFENSVILLE IS CLOSED...WHICH IS IN LINCOLN COUNTY. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPURLOCKVILLE...SPAULDING...RANGER...GILL...DUNLOW...BLAIR...HARTS... CHIEF LOGAN STATE PARK AND CHAPMANVILLE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 815 AM. WITH CREEKS ALREADY BANKFULL...THIS WILL BE ENOUGH FOR THEM TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3799 8249 3750 8213 3773 8172 3820 8207 $$ 29
000 WGUS71 KRLX 301026 CCA FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 622 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005 WVC043-045-059-099-301215- MINGO WV-LINCOLN WV-WAYNE WV-LOGAN WV- 622 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 AM FOR MINGO...LINCOLN...WAYNE AND LOGAN COUNTIES... AT 615 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 65 IN PARSLEY BOTTOM AND BELO IN MINGO COUNTY. ALSO...ROUTE 3 IN GRIFFENSVILLE IS CLOSED...WHICH IS IN LINCOLN COUNTY. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPURLOCKVILLE...SPAULDING...RANGER...GILL...DUNLOW...BLAIR...HARTS... CHIEF LOGAN STATE PARK AND CHAPMANVILLE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 815 AM. WITH CREEKS ALREADY BANKFULL...THIS WILL BE ENOUGH FOR THEM TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS 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. LAT...LON 3799 8249 3750 8213 3773 8172 3820 8207 $$ 29
000 WGUS71 KRLX 301221 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 820 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005 WVC043-045-059-099-301245- MINGO WV-LINCOLN WV-WAYNE WV-LOGAN WV- 820 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR MINGO...LINCOLN...WAYNE AND LOGAN COUNTIES HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL OVERNIGHT CAUSED FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COAL FIELDS OF WEST VIRGINIA. SMALL STREAM AND CREEK WATER LEVELS ARE NOT RISING ANYMORE AND ARE EXPECTED TO RECEDE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS PUSHED EAST OF THE AREA...AND NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE LAT...LON 3799 8249 3750 8213 3773 8172 3820 8207 $$ HC
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.