Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2005, 6:19 PM EDT for Dickenson County, Virginia. It was in force for 4 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
- May 13, 2005, 6:19 PM EDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2005, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Dickenson County, VA
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 515 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 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 132221
FFWRLX
VAC051-140215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
619 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DICKENSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA
THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE
COUNTY...FROM NEAR CLINTWOOD NORTHWARD THROUGH HAYSI.
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT.
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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER
SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND
SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF YOUR
VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY. 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 3703 8249 3706 8248 3713 8254 3719 8255
3726 8235 3730 8230 3727 8225 3719 8223
3710 8217 3711 8215 3705 8213 3696 8236
$$1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS71 KRLX 140215 FFSRLX VAC051-140300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1015 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DICKENSON COUNTY VIRGINIA EXPIRING... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DICKENSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAUSED THE HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED OFF TO THE EAST. EVEN SO...SOME HIGH WATER MAY STILL EXIST. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS FOR WATER ACROSS ROADWAYS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF WASHED OUT ROADS. TURN AROUND AND DONT DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 23 min |
| May 13, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 18 min |
| May 13, 7:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 4 hr |
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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.