Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2006, 7:31 PM EDT for Barbour County, West Virginia. It was in force for 119 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
- Jun 1, 2006, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2006, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Barbour County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Belington, WV | EVACUATIONS IN PROGRESS. WATER FLOWING INTO GRADE SCHOOL. ROADS FLOODED. COOP REPORTS 2.38 INCHES IN JUST OVER AN HOUR. |
| Jun 1, 9:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Belington, WV | 4 COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, 20 PLUS HOMES AND A GRADE SCHOOL AFFECTED BY FLOOD WATERS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1143 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 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 012334 FFWRLX WVC001-020130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 731 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BARBOUR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA * UNTIL 930 PM EDT * AT 727 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS LOCATED NEAR BELINGTON. AREAS AROUND BELINGTON CAN EXPECT FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3903 8007 3896 8000 3900 7987 3910 7985 $$ 25
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KRLX 020003 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 758 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 WVC001-020130- BARBOUR WV- 758 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR BARBOUR COUNTY... AT 752 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER BELINGTON. RADAR INDICATED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN WITH THIS STORM JUST NORTH OF BELINGTON. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. PERSONS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS AROUND AND NORTH OF BELINGTON SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. THIS INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO PERSONS ALONG MILL CREEK...AND ALONG 92 NORTH OF BELINGTON. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 3903 8007 3896 8000 3900 7987 3910 7985 $$ 25
000 WGUS71 KRLX 020127 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 921 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 WVC001-020131- BARBOUR WV- 921 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BARBOUR COUNTY EXPIRES AT 930 PM EDT... HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE BELINGTON AREA...AND THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS OCCURRED IN THE BELINGTON AREA. WATER CONTINUES OVER SOME ROADWAYS...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR WATER OVER ROADWAYS...DEBRIS ON ROADWAYS...OR THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE ROADWAY COULD BE WASHED OUT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 3903 8007 3896 8000 3900 7987 3910 7985 $$ 25
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 11:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Tyler | 36 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.