Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Charleston, WV

000 
WGUS71 KRLX 042123
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
523 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009

VAC051-042230-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090604T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DICKENSON VA-
523 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR
DICKENSON COUNTY...

AT 515 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADS  
IN THE CLINTWOOD AREA.  

THE VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS PUSHED SOUTH.    
HOWEVER...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS 
OF THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES OF RAIN IS 
POSSIBLE THROUGH 630 PM.  

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JOHN
FLANNAGAN LAKE...HAYSI AND BREAKS INTERSTATE PARK

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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.

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 3703 8250 3706 8250 3713 8255 3720 8256
      3725 8243 3726 8236 3730 8229 3728 8225
      3716 8220 3715 8218

$$

09

000 
WGUS71 KRLX 042222
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
622 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009

VAC051-042231-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090604T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DICKENSON VA-
622 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM EDT FOR DICKENSON
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 RECEDED AND NO LONGER POSE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT.

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 3703 8250 3706 8250 3713 8255 3720 8256
      3725 8243 3726 8236 3730 8229 3728 8225
      3716 8220 3715 8218

$$

09

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
350 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD IN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND DOMINATE
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
MODELS HAVE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF OUR
AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. THIS DRAWS THE FRONT...CURRENTLY
ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT. WITH 850 MB
FRONT STILL UP AROUND THE OHIO RIVER...ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL PREVAIL
FOR MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT. HOWEVER...EXPECT MOST OF THE
INSTABILITY AND CONVECTION TO BE NEAR THE SURFACE FRONT...WITH A
MORE STRATIFORM RAIN OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AREAS. THUS...THE
HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHERN COAL FIELDS AND
SOUTHERN/CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. WHILE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WAS TRIMMED
BACK SOMEWHAT IN THE NORTH AND WEST...WE KEPT IT AS FAR WEST AS FROM
HTS-CKB EASTWARD OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE VERY LOW FLASH FLOOD
GUIDANCE VALUES. THE MOST THREATENED AREA FOR FLOODING WILL BE WHERE
THE CONVECTION SETS UP OVER THE SOUTHEAST PARTS.

THINGS IMPROVE SLOWLY FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ON FRIDAY...WITH
RAIN ENDING EARLY WEST OF THE OHIO RIVER...AND OVER MOST OF THE
LOWLANDS BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY BUILDS IN.

GOING ON THE COOLER SIDE OF GUIDANCE...BASED ON CURRENT TEMPS...FOR
TONIGHT. GOING COOLER AGAIN FOR FRIDAY EAST OF THE OHIO RIVER WITH
ALL THE CLOUDS AND LINGERING PRECIP...EXCEPT SOUTHEAST OHIO WHERE
SOME SUN SHOULD BOOST TEMPS FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
WEAK SUBSIDENCE AND DRY AIRMASS WILL BRING A DAY OR SO OF NO RAIN TO
THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY.  HIGHER INSTABILITY BY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO ISOLATED DIURNAL CONVECTION IN
MOUNTAINS.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
DIURNAL CONVECTION CONTINUES MONDAY IN TROPICAL AIRMASS.  A WEAK
BOUNDARY MOVES SOUTHWARD FROM OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIA TUESDAY
PROVIDING A GREATER FOCUS FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION.  THE
FRONT STALLS IN THE AREA WEDNESDAY KEEPING SCATTERED CONVECTION IN
THE AREA.  BOUNDARY MOVES FURTHER SOUTH ON THURSDAY ALLOWING FOR A
MUCH MORE STABLE AIRMASS TO MOVE OVER THE ENTIRE AREA.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
18Z THURSDAY THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY...
FRONTAL SYSTEM ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA WILL SAG VERY SLOWLY
SOUTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON...AND LIE ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
TONIGHT. A BROAD AREA OF OVERRUNNING RAIN AND SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY
DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON SOUTHEAST OHIO...BUT ELSEWHERE SHOWERS AND
SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST.

FOR REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...IFR IN RAIN
NORTH...AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH.

AFTER 14Z CONDITIONS SLOWLY IMPROVING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TO
VFR CEILINGS.

AVIATION OUTLOOK /BEYOND 18Z FRIDAY/...
IFR CEILINGS WILL CONTINUE IN MOUNTAINS UNTIL 21Z FRIDAY.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH TIL 10 AM FRIDAY MORNING SOUTH AND EAST OF A
HTS-CKB LINE. RAIN...WITH SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS...MAY BE
HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN COAL FIELDS
AND MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR WVZ005-006-
     013>016-018-020-024>040-046-047.
OH...NONE.
KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR KYZ105.
VA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR VAZ003-004.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JKF/JMV
NEAR TERM...JMV
SHORT TERM...JKF
LONG TERM...JKF
AVIATION...JMV
HYDROLOGY...JMV

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
244 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009

KYZ105-VAZ003-004-WVZ005-006-013>016-018-020-024>040-046-047-051845-
LAWRENCE KY-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-
ROANE-CALHOUN-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-
HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-
UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
244 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...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.

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

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

 FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10AM FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

KYZ101>103-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ007>011-017-019-051845-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-
MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-WIRT-
RITCHIE-
244 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.