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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 2010, 4:47 PM EDT for Athens County, Washington County, Ohio; Pleasants County, Wood County, West Virginia. It was in force for 88 min. 3 reports 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
- May 18, 2010, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2010, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 88 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Athens County, OH, Washington County, OH, Pleasants County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 5:20 PM EDT | FLOOD | 8 Ne Parkersburg, WV | CR 16 OLD SAINT MARYS PIKE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
| May 18, 5:20 PM EDT | FLOOD | Parkersburg, WV | ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER AT JUNCTION OF PARK VIEW AND LAKEVIEW DRIVE. |
| May 18, 5:20 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ne Parkersburg, WV | COLLEGE PARKWAY BLOCKED OFF BY WATER AT ROSEMONT ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 502 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
968
WGUS51 KRLX 182047
FFWRLX
OHC009-167-WVC073-107-182215-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0021.100518T2047Z-100518T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
447 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
PLEASANTS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PARKERSBURG...
SOUTHEASTERN ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COOLVILLE...
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...BELPRE...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 441 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SLOWLY MOVING LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES A HALF INCH TO ONCE INCH OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN SINCE 4 PM...WITH LOCALLY IN EXCESS OF AN INCH. WITH THE
SOIL ALREADY VERY WET FROM RECENT RAINFALL...THIS NEW RAIN WILL
CAUSE RAPID AND SIGNIFICANT RISES ON CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PARKERSBURG...WILLIAMSTOWN...WASHINGTON...VIENNA...LUBECK AND BOAZ
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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...DON'T DROWN.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3942 8185 3944 8145 3939 8127 3922 8133
3919 8185
$$
092 follow-up statements
305
WGUS71 KRLX 182139
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
539 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2010
OHC009-167-WVC073-107-182215-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100518T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATHENS OH-WASHINGTON OH-WOOD WV-PLEASANTS WV-
539 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2010
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR
PLEASANTS...NORTHERN WOOD...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN
ATHENS COUNTIES...
AT 535 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT A HALF INCH TO ONE FULL INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 4PM
ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNED AREA. WITH THE SOIL ALREADY VERY WET FROM
RECENT RAINFALL...THIS NEW RAIN IS CAUSING RAPID AND SIGNIFICANT
RISES ON CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS. FLOODING OF ROADWAYS HAS BEEN
REPORTED IN THE PARKERSBURG AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PARKERSBURG...MARIETTA...WILLIAMSTOWN AND BOAZ.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN.
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3942 8185 3944 8145 3939 8127 3922 8133
3919 8185
$$
09561
WGUS71 KRLX 182215
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
615 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2010
OHC009-167-WVC073-107-182221-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100518T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATHENS OH-WASHINGTON OH-WOOD WV-PLEASANTS WV-
615 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2010
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM EDT FOR PLEASANTS...
NORTHERN WOOD...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN ATHENS
COUNTIES...
AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER ESTIMATED THAT UP
TO AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 4PM...BUT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS
ENDED. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ELEVATED LEVELS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO THE
EVENING.
TURN AROUND DON'T 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 3942 8185 3944 8145 3939 8127 3922 8133
3919 8185
$$
09The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 8:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 116 min |
| May 18, 2:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 84 min |
| May 18, 3:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Logan | 87 min |
| May 18, 5:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie | 116 min |
| May 18, 3:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Wirt | 89 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2010Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2010Every flash flood warning in 2010
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.