Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005

Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Charleston, WV

June 28, 2005Doddridge County, Harrison County, Lewis County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2005, 4:54 PM EDT for Doddridge County, Harrison County, Lewis County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
Jun 28, 2005, 4:54 PM EDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2005, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Doddridge County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Lewis County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 28, 6:00 PM EDTFLOODSalem, WVSTREET FLOODING

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2005-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 249 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2005-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
249 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS51 KRLX 282055
FFWRLX
WVC017-033-041-290000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
454 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HARRISON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA
  DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA
  LEWIS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.

* AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
  AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL       
  ESTIMATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES AN HOUR ARE FALLEN IN THIS AREA.

* 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...SALEM...WESTON...JACKSON MILL...STONEWALL JACKSON LAKE...
  AVON...BLANDVILLE...JANE LEW...SAINT CLARA...SEDALIA...SMITHBURG
  AND WEST MILFORD.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3918 8079 3901 8068 3889 8056 3883 8044
      3906 8039 3940 8041 3938 8068

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 6:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGilmer116 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.