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Areal Flood Warning 46, NWS Charleston, WV

November 22, 20114 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this areal flood warning at Nov 22, 2011, 10:54 PM EST for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 22, 2011, 10:54 PM EST (03:54 UTC)
Expired
Nov 23, 2011, 8:00 AM EST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Braxton County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:53 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 266 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2011-11-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2011-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 395 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
440 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
395 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
458 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Nov 22, 10:52 PM EST, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 22, 10:52 PM EST, 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1052 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
FLOOD THREAT ON STREAMS THROUGH TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE LIFTS UP
THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING. COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH
OVERNIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WITH DRY WEATHER FOR THANKSGIVING.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/...
WITH RAIN MOVING EASTWARD...WILL REMOVE WESTERN COUNTIES FROM THE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
BUILDING UPR HEIGHTS AND SFC HIGH WILL SPELL FOR DRY WX IN SHORT
TERM WITH SEASONABLE TEMPS. AS A RESULT...PRETTY MUCH ROLLED WITH
PREV FCST IN SHORT TERM WITH ONGOING ACTIVE WX AND WATER CONCERNS
THE MAIN FOCUS TDY.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE TO START THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH DRY WEATHER AND
ABOVE NORMAL DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON SUNDAY...SPREADING PRECIPITATION INTO
THE AREA ONCE AGAIN. FORECAST CONFIDENCE IN THE LONG TERM REMAINS
LOW...AND THE GFS CONTINUES TO BE PREFERRED OVER THE ECMWF DUE TO
ITS RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY. REGARDLESS...DEEP TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE REGION ON
SUNDAY...BEFORE A CUT OFF LOW FORMS OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL U.S...AND
SWIRLS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WITH THE LOW TO
THE SOUTH EARLY ON...MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE CWA SHOULD
BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN...BUT BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS CENTER OF
LOW CONTINUES TO TREK TO THE NORTH...AND ADDITIONAL ENERGY DIGGING
SOUTH ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW BRINGS A REINFORCING SHOT OF
COLDER AIR INTO THE AREA...MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO
SNOW OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX FOR A PERIOD TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. TOO
EARLY TO PREDICT ANY ACCUMULATIONS...AND WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES IN
THE DAYS AHEAD OF ANY SNOWFALL...EXPECTING AT THIS POINT LITTLE TO
NO ACCUMULATIONS IN THE LOWLANDS. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

&&

.AVIATION /04Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT. A BAND OF RAIN
AND SHOWERS IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT WILL CAUSE RESTRICTIONS. A
STRATUS DECK CAN BE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH GUST WINDS
DEVELOPING. THIS STRATUS DECK WILL GRADUALLY LIFT AND CLEAR FROM THE
WEST ON WEDNESDAY.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS:TIMING OF SHOWERS COULD VARY.

EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY
OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION:
H = HIGH:   TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.
M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS.
L = LOW:    TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.

DATE                                                                 WED
UTC 1HRLY       00   01   02   03   04   05   06   07   08   09   10   11
EST 1HRLY       19   20   21   22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05   06
CRW CONSISTENCY  M    L    L    L    H    H    M    M    M    M    M    H
HTS CONSISTENCY  L    L    L    M    M    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    L    L    L    L    H    H    M    M    M
EKN CONSISTENCY  L    L    L    L    L    L    L    M    M    M    M    M
PKB CONSISTENCY  L    L    L    L    L    H    L    M    M    H    H    H
CKB CONSISTENCY  M    L    L    L    L    L    L    L    M    M    M    M

AFTER 06Z THURSDAY...
NO WIDESPREAD IFR EXPECTED.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR WVZ008-014>020-
     027>032-037>040-046-047.
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
VA...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...KTB/SL/30
NEAR TERM...RPY
SHORT TERM...30
LONG TERM...SL
AVIATION...RPY
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 22, 8:51 AM EST, 14 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
851 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

OHZ066-067-075-076-084-085-WVZ007>011-013>020-026>032-037>040-046-
047-231400-
PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-VINTON-MEIGS-MASON-JACKSON-WOOD-
PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-
DODDRIDGE-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-NICHOLAS-
WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
851 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

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

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY 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.

DURING TODAY AND TONIGHT...NUMEROUS ROUNDS OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SOME
THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR. THIS HAS RAISEDFLOOD CONCERNS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

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

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

IN THE WAKE OF THE HEAVIER RAIN...THE RIVERS WILL STILL BE RISING
ON WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

VAZ003-004-WVZ024-025-033>036-231400-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MINGO-LOGAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-
851 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

DURING TODAY AND TONIGHT...NUMEROUS ROUNDS OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SOME
THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR. THIS MAY RAISE FLOOD CONCERNS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ083-086-087-WVZ005-006-231400-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-GALLIA-WAYNE-CABELL-
851 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

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

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY 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.

DURING TODAY AND TONIGHT...NUMEROUS ROUNDS OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SOME
THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR. THIS MAY RAISE FLOOD CONCERNS.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

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

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

IN THE WAKE OF THE HEAVIER RAIN...THE RIVERS WILL STILL BE RISING
ON WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 22, 10:09 PM EST, 45 minutes before
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Local storm report, Nov 22, 10:22 PM EST, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1022 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

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

1000 PM     FLOOD            8 NW GLENVILLE          39.02N  80.94W
11/22/2011                   GILMER             WV   911 CALL CENTER

            BULL FORK ROAD UNDER WATER... AT LEAST ONE HOUSE
            SURROUNDED BY WATER... WATER RESCUE EFFORTS UNDERWAY

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1100904

TAX
Local storm report, Nov 22, 10:26 PM EST, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1026 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

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

1000 PM     FLOOD            3 WSW TROY              39.00N  80.81W
11/22/2011                   GILMER             WV   911 CALL CENTER

            ALICE ROAD IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER ON ROADWAY

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1100905

TAX
Local storm report, Nov 22, 10:28 PM EST, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1028 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

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

1000 PM     FLOOD            3 N SHOCK               38.82N  80.97W
11/22/2011                   GILMER             WV   911 CALL CENTER

            ....CORRECTED FOR TIME.... ROSEDALE ROAD CLOSED DUE TO
            HIGH WATER OVER ROADWAY ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF THE TOWN
            OF SHOCK

&&

CORRECTED EVENT TIME...REMARKS

EVENT NUMBER RLX1100903

TAX
Local storm report, Nov 22, 10:33 PM EST, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1033 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

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

0950 PM     FLOOD            1 NW NEW MILTON         39.24N  80.70W
11/22/2011                   DODDRIDGE          WV   911 CALL CENTER

            ROUTE 23 CLOSED NORTH OF NEW MILTON DUE TO HIGH WATER
            OVER ROADWAY

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1100906

TAX
Local storm report, Nov 22, 10:44 PM EST, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1044 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

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

0442 PM     FLOOD            9 NE SMITHBURG          39.38N  80.61W
11/22/2011                   DODDRIDGE          WV   911 CALL CENTER

            WATER RESCUE ON SKELETON RUN ROAD NEAR SEDALIA

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1100907

TAX

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 22, 7:34 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningRLXJackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane13 hr
Nov 22, 10:24 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningRLXBraxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie9 hr
Nov 22, 11:07 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRLXCalhoun, Gilmer20 hr
Nov 23, 9:42 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningRLXCalhoun, Wirt8 hr
Nov 23, 9:42 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningRLXWirt, Wood16 hr
Nov 23, 10:47 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningRLXHarrison5 hr
Nov 23, 3:00 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRLXUpshur5 hr
Nov 22, 9:30 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningRLXMeigs12 hr
Nov 22, 9:37 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningRLXGallia, Lawrence12 hr

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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.