Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

Aug 2, 2009, 3:36 AM EDT (07:36 UTC)

Expired

Aug 2, 2009, 6:14 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lawrence County, OH, Cabell County, WV, Wayne County, WV

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS51 KRLX 020736
FFWRLX
KYC019-043-089-127-OHC087-WVC011-099-021130-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0021.090802T0736Z-090802T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
336 AM EDT SUN AUG 2 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOYD COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CANNONSBURG...ASHLAND...
  SOUTHEASTERN CARTER COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREENUP COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK...
  LOUISA...BLAINE...
  WESTERN CABELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WAYNE...BEECH FORK STATE PARK...
  SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PROCTORVILLE...IRONTON...COAL
  GROVE...CHESAPEAKE...

* UNTIL 730 AM EDT

* AT 331 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT IS TRAINING OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CENTERVILLE...WEBBVILLE...RUSH...PRINCESS...NAPLES...DURBIN...
  COALTON...BURNAUGH...GARNER...CATLETTSBURG...KENOVA...EAST LYNN
  LAKE...CEREDO AND BARBOURSVILLE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADWAYS...STREETS AND 
UNDERPASSES...FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND 
OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

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 3812 8290 3818 8290 3825 8279 3841 8283
      3855 8270 3859 8245 3858 8234 3839 8223
      3815 8228 3800 8224 3792 8249 3795 8251
      3795 8256 3789 8260 3788 8264 3798 8285
      3800 8295 3797 8300 3802 8302

$$

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000 
WGUS71 KRLX 021014
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
614 AM EDT SUN AUG 2 2009

KYC019-043-089-127-OHC087-WVC011-099-021022-
/O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090802T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GREENUP KY-CARTER KY-BOYD KY-LAWRENCE KY-LAWRENCE OH-CABELL WV-
WAYNE WV-
614 AM EDT SUN AUG 2 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR LAWRENCE...BOYD...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CARTER AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENUP COUNTIES IN
KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND WAYNE
AND WESTERN CABELL COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA...

HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AS A RESULT THE FLASH FLOOD 
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...CONTINUED RUNOFF COULD STILL 
PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS.

TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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

LAT...LON 3812 8290 3818 8290 3825 8279 3841 8283
      3855 8270 3859 8245 3858 8234 3839 8223
      3815 8228 3800 8224 3792 8249 3795 8251
      3795 8256 3789 8260 3788 8264 3798 8285
      3800 8295 3797 8300 3802 8302

$$

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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.