Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV

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WGUS71 KRLX 290259
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1059 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009

WVC059-290400-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090529T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MINGO WV-
1059 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR    
   MINGO COUNTY...

AT 1055 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE MORE THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO MINGO COUNTY PRODUCING VERY 
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.  

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
BREEDEN...DINGESS...WILLIAMSON AND GILBERT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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 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 3767 8231 3773 8234 3778 8234 3781 8241
      3786 8241 3785 8239 3795 8229 3797 8219
      3793 8217 3789 8212 3785 8212 3783 8214
      3780 8211 3775 8212 3772 8209 3765 8224

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
752 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
DRIER AIR MASS MOVING IN FRIDAY. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SATURDAY
WITH SECONDARY COLD FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
THE MAIN THEME WITH AFTN PACKAGE WAS TO HOLD ONTO LOW CLOUDS
AND POPS LONGER FOR WV AND SW VA DURING FRIDAY MORNING. HAVE FRONT
MOVING TOWARD HTS-PKB 09Z AND CRW-CKB ARND 12Z AND THRU MTNS AFTER
12Z.

STEERING FLOW CONTINUES TO VEER AND INCREASE...ABOUT 20 KNOTS NOW
MAY GO TO 25 KNOTS.  MAY BE THE PERFECT SPEED...NOT TOO FAST...NOT
TOO SLOW.

STILL THINK...THERE MAY BE A LULL OR MINIMUM IN COVERAGE THIS
EVENING...AFTER THE LATE AFTERNOON CONVECTION...AND BEFORE THE
FRONTAL SHOWERS.  EVEN INCLUDED SOME DRIZZLE WITH THE LOW CLOUDS
FRIDAY MORNING IN WV AND SW VA.

FLASH FLOODING WOULD STILL TAKE 2 TO 3 INCHES...OR MORE THAN ONE OF
THESE DOWNPOURS.  RAIN AMOUNTS OF .5 TO 1.0 COULD EASILY FALL IN ANY
ONE BRIEF DOWNPOUR.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
DRIER NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL MOVE INTO THE CWA FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST OF THE REGION. ON
SATURDAY...UNSETTLED WEATHER RETURNS TO THE REGION AS A SERIES OF
SHORTWAVES MOVE THROUGH THE REGION...FOLLOWED BY A SECONDARY COLD
FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT/EARLY SUNDAY. MOISTURE WITH THESE DISTURBANCES
ON SATURDAY LOOKS TO BE LIMITED...WITH MODELS INDICATING PW VALUES
OF GENERALLY LESS THAN 1.2 INCHES. FURTHERMORE...MODEL SOUNDINGS
CONTINUE TO INDICATE WINDS ABOVE 10K FEET OF AT LEAST 30 TO 40
KTS...SO NOT EXPECTING ANY WATER PROBLEMS AT THIS POINT. SUNDAY
LOOKS TO BE DRIER ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION...ALTHOUGH HAVE
CONTINUED TO KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS IN THE FORECAST IN THE
SOUTHERN ZONES AND OVER THE MOUNTAINS...AS WEAK DISTURBANCES
CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE FLOW.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
PRECIPITATION MOVES BACK INTO THE FORECAST BY MONDAY
AFTERNOON...MAINLY FOR THE SOUTHERN ZONES AS A DISTURBANCE MOVES
TOWARDS THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST. PRECIPITATION BECOMES MORE
WIDESPREAD TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT SLOWLY SAGS
SOUTH TOWARDS THE REGION. SEVERAL IMPULSES MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW
WILL KEEP A MENTION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED. HAVE CONTINUED TO MAINTAIN A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF POPS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED DUE TO MODEL
UNCERTAINTY AND AS TIMING OF INDIVIDUAL IMPULSES WILL BE DIFFICULT.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CKB/EKN LINE WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE EASTWARD AND OUT OF THE REGION BY 02Z. BRIEF MVFR TO IFR
CONDTIONS WITH SOME WIND GUSTS 15KTS-25KTS. SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM JKL/BKW LINE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO MOVE
THROUGH THE REGION THROUGH 02Z-03Z.

COLD FRONT OVER OH AND WRN KY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD AND
AFFECT THE REGION BETWEEN 02Z-04Z FROM PKB/HTS LINE AND THEN
ELSEWHERE AFT 05Z-06Z. MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS IN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE FRONT. AFTER FRONT PASSES MVFR TO IFR CIGS
AND VSBYS IN FOG TO DEVELOP. LOW CEILINGS LINGERING OVER WV
MOUNTAINOUS COUNTIES THROUGH 18Z...WHILE BECOMING SCT FROM OHIO
RIVER ON W 15-18Z FRIDAY.

AVIATION OUTLOOK /BEYOND 00Z SATURDAY/...
SOME IFR FOG IN THE COOLER AIR FRIDAY NIGHT.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF DOWNPOURS WITH ENOUGH RAIN TO CAUSE SMALL STREAM
FLOODING. SEE CRWFFARLX.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR WVZ005>011-013>020-
     024>040-046-047.
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR OHZ066-067-075-076-
     083>087.
KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR KYZ101>103-105.
VA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR VAZ003-004.

&&

SYNOPSIS...KTB
NEAR TERM...SL
SHORT TERM...SL
LONG TERM...SL
AVIATION...JS
HYDROLOGY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
303 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009

OHZ066-067-075-076-083>085-WVZ009>011-017>020-029>032-039-040-291915-
PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-WOOD-
PLEASANTS-TYLER-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-
TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-
303 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST
VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

ALSO...A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD
CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ086-087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>008-013>016-024>028-
033>038-046-047-291915-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-
BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-
MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-
NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
303 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 313 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

ALSO...A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD
CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
656 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009

WVZ011-020-028>032-040-290000-
BARBOUR-BRAXTON-DODDRIDGE-GILMER-HARRISON-LEWIS-TAYLOR-TYLER-
656 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN DODDRIDGE...EASTERN
GILMER...HARRISON...LEWIS...NORTHERN BRAXTON...TAYLOR...TYLER AND
WEST CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTIES...

AT 655 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM LIMA TO
AVON TO BALDWIN TO ROSEDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE
WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS. EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT SEEK
SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR ALUM BRIDGE...CENTER POINT...SAND FORK...
AND SALEM AROUND 700 PM...STOUTS MILLS...AND SEDALIA AROUND 705 PM...
WOLF SUMMIT...CAMDEN...AND EXCHANGE AROUND 710 PM AND WALLACE AROUND
715 PM.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
723 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009

VAZ004-WVZ024-033-034-290015-
BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-MINGO-WYOMING-
723 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MCDOWELL...NORTHEASTERN
BUCHANAN...SOUTHEASTERN MINGO AND WEST CENTRAL WYOMING COUNTIES...

AT 721 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM GILBERT
CREEK TO JOLO TO STACY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE
WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF AN INCH OF RAIN
IN JUST 15 MINUTES.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR R.D. BAILEY LAKE...JOLO...IAEGER...AND
BRADSHAW AROUND 730 PM...R.D. BAILEY LAKE...AND AVONDALE AROUND 735
PM...HANOVER AROUND 740 PM...COALWOOD AROUND 750 PM...BAILEYSVILLE
AND AND WAR AROUND 755 PM.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

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

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
748 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009

WVZ028-030-038-039-047-290030-
BRAXTON-LEWIS-RANDOLPH-UPSHUR-WEBSTER-
748 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN BRAXTON...NORTHERN
WEBSTER...SOUTH CENTRAL LEWIS...SOUTHERN UPSHUR AND WESTERN RANDOLPH
COUNTIES...

AT 744 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM
WALKERSVILLE TO CENTRALIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF AN INCH OF RAIN
IN JUST 15 MINUTES. THIS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR CLEVELAND AROUND 800 PM...KANAWHA HEAD
AROUND 805 PM...TALLMANSVILLE AROUND 815 PM...ELLAMORE AROUND 820 PM
AND COALTON AROUND 830 PM.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

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

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
810 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009

WVZ025-290045-
LOGAN-
810 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LOGAN COUNTY...

AT 810 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR SWITZER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF AN INCH OF RAIN IN
JUST 15 MINUTES. THIS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY
FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR MAN AROUND 815 PM...MALLORY AROUND 820 PM AND
BLAIR AROUND 825 PM.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

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

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
850 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0805 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GRAFTON                 39.34N 80.02W
05/28/2009                   TAYLOR             WV   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            POWER LINES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES.

&&

ABEAVERS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
852 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0810 PM     TSTM WND DMG     THORNTON                39.35N 79.94W
05/28/2009                   TAYLOR             WV   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

&&

ABEAVERS