Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 2006, 9:40 PM EDT for Pocahontas County, Randolph County, West 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
- Jul 21, 2006, 9:40 PM EDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2006, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Pocahontas County, WV, Randolph County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1078 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 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 220144 FFWRLX WVC075-083-220545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 940 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA RANDOLPH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA * UNTIL 145 AM EDT * AT 937 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND PUBLIC REPORTS INDICATED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT SOME LOCATIONS OVER RANDOLPH AND POCAHONTAS COUNTIES IN ONE HOUR. WITH SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED AREA ...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT...LEADING TO FLOODING PROBLEMS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MILL CREEK...ELKINS...DAILEY AND BEVERLY 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. TURN AROUND...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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 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. PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3815 8035 3814 7996 3899 7953 3893 8001 $$ 05
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS71 KRLX 220344 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1143 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006 WVC075-083-220545- POCAHONTAS WV-RANDOLPH WV- 1143 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EDT FOR RANDOLPH AND POCAHONTAS COUNTIES... AT 1140 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER BATCH OF RAIN MOVING NORTHEAST FROM CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. THIS WILL REACH THE NORTHERN MOUNTAIN COUNTIES OF RANDOLPH AND POCAHONTAS BY MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MILL CREEK... ELKINS...DAILEY AND BEVERLY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR SO IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 3815 8035 3814 7996 3899 7953 3893 8001 $$ 29
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln | 22 min |
| Jul 21, 10:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell | 118 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006
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.