Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2009, 11:55 PM EDT for Mingo County, West Virginia. It was in force for 80 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2009, 11:55 PM EDT (03:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2009, 1:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 80 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mingo County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:55 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 474 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KRLX 290355
FFWRLX
WVC059-290515-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0004.090529T0355Z-090529T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1155 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED AND EXPANDED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 115 AM EDT
* AT 1145 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HINCH...RED JACKET...GILBERT...DELBARTON AND WILLIAMSON.
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.
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 3753 8197 3755 8213 3786 8242 3785 8239
3796 8228 3797 8221 3789 8212 3783 8214
3779 8210 3775 8212 3770 8207 3770 8203
3764 8200 3763 8199 3767 8197 3768 8187
3765 8180 3762 8180 3751 8194
$$
211 follow-up statement
000
WGUS71 KRLX 290513
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
113 AM EDT FRI MAY 29 2009
WVC059-290522-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090529T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MINGO WV-
113 AM EDT FRI MAY 29 2009
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 115 AM EDT FOR MINGO
COUNTY...
HEAVY RAIN IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. STREAMS AND
CREEKS HAVE BEGUN TO RECEDE AND NO LONGER POSE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT.
HEAVY RAIN THAT WAS FORECAST MOVED OUT OF THE AREA THEREFORE THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...BUT NO HIGH
WATER IS ANTICIPATED.
TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3753 8197 3755 8213 3786 8242 3785 8239
3796 8228 3797 8221 3789 8212 3783 8214
3779 8210 3775 8212 3770 8207 3770 8203
3764 8200 3763 8199 3767 8197 3768 8187
3765 8180 3762 8180 3751 8194
$$
21What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 28, 10:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 10:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1024 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/...
UPDATED ZONES FOR EXPIRED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. ALSO TWEEKED
POPS AND CLOUDS FOR CURRENT CONVECTION AND FRONTAL POSITION. KEPT
FFA GOING DESPITE QUICK MOVEMENT OF STORMS. GROUND IS SATURATED IN
MOST PLACES AND A QUICK INCH OUT THESE STORMS IS NOT OUT OF THE
QUESTION. KEPT CURRENT THINKING OF LOW CLOUDS AND DRIZZLE AFTER
FRONTAL PASSAGE THEN CLEARING WITH DRIER AIR MAKING ITS WAY IN
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. REST OF NEAR TERM FORECAST ON TRACK AND NO
OTHER CHANGES ARE EXPECTED.
&&
.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 /02Z 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/JS
SHORT TERM...SL
LONG TERM...SL
AVIATION...JS
HYDROLOGY...Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 10:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1016 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-300230- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE- CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA- ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON- GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE- NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 1016 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...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 TONIGHT COULD CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 28, 9:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 947 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009 WVZ025-290300- LOGAN- 947 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL AFFECT LOGAN COUNTY... AT 945 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...LOCATED NEAR DELBARTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. 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 HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING HALF AN INCH OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR HOLDEN AROUND 1000 PM...SARAH ANN AROUND 1005 PM...CHAUNCEY...SWITZER...SARAH ANN...AND MOUNT GAY AROUND 1010 PM...SWITZER...LOGAN...AND WEST LOGAN AROUND 1015 PM AND MAN AROUND 1025 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. 30
Local storm report, May 28, 10:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1050 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1040 PM HAIL KOPPERSTON 37.75N 81.57W
05/28/2009 U0.88 INCH WYOMING WV PUBLIC
&&
NNNNLocal storm report, May 28, 10:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1053 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1049 PM HAIL OCEANA 37.73N 81.55W
05/28/2009 U0.75 INCH WYOMING WV PUBLIC
EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
1034 PM 05/28/2009 AND 1049 PM 05/28/2009
&&
NNNNLocal storm report, May 28, 11:00 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1100 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1055 PM HAIL KOPPERSTON 37.75N 81.57W
05/28/2009 U0.88 INCH WYOMING WV PUBLIC
&&
NNNNLocal storm report, May 28, 11:33 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1133 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1122 PM HAIL CRAB ORCHARD 37.73N 81.25W
05/28/2009 U0.88 INCH RALEIGH WV PUBLIC
&&
NNNNLocal storm report, May 28, 11:38 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1138 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1040 PM TSTM WND DMG KOPPERSTON 37.75N 81.57W
05/28/2009 WYOMING WV PUBLIC
TREES DOWN.
&&
NNNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 9:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mingo | 3 hr |
| May 28, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 62 min |
| May 29, 12:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 53 min |
| May 29, 2:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 53 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2009Every flash flood warning in 2009
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.