Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2006, 10:57 AM EDT for Webster County, West Virginia. It was in force for 2 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
- Jul 13, 2006, 10:57 AM EDT (14:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2006, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Webster County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:00 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 11:33 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | E Cowen, WV | WILLIAMS RIVER ROAD-COUNTY ROUTE 46 FLOODED WITH 2 FEET OF WATER OVER IT. |
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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1060 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 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 131457
FFWRLX
WVC101-131700-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1057 AM EDT THU JUL 13 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA
* UNTIL 100 PM EDT
* AT 1050 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND IFLOWS
RAIN GAGES INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE
WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEBSTER
SPRINGS...COWEN AND HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3836 8061 3836 8063 3849 8067 3865 8050
3873 8045 3873 8034 3868 8031 3868 8028
3852 8018 3839 8025 3834 8033 3834 8036
3823 8037
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS71 KRLX 131702
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
100 PM EDT THU JUL 13 2006
WVC101-131710-
WEBSTER WV-
100 PM EDT THU JUL 13 2006
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEBSTER COUNTY EXPIRES AT 100 PM
EDT...
THE RAIN HAS BECOME LIGHTER ACROSS WEBSTER COUNTY...AND STEADY
PRECIPITATION SHOULD COME TO AN END SHORTLY AFTER 2 OCLOCK. AN
ADDITIONAL QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THEN.
WITH THE THREAT OF IMMEDIATE HEAVY RAIN ENDING...THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELLING...ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF
COWEN. WATER CONTINUES TO COLLECT IN THE USUAL LOW SPOTS ALONG
ROUTE 82...AND WILLIAMS RIVER REMAINS BLOCKED IN SPOTS.
LAT...LON 3836 8061 3836 8063 3849 8067 3865 8050
3873 8045 3873 8034 3868 8031 3868 8028
3852 8018 3839 8025 3834 8033 3834 8036
3823 8037
$$
10The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 3:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 53 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Nicholas | 113 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.