Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2011, 10:21 AM EDT for Tyler County, West Virginia. It was in force for 114 min. 1 report 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 12, 2011, 10:21 AM EDT (14:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2011, 12:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Tyler County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:23 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 12, 11:10 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ssw Middlebourne, WV | LITTLE SANCHO CREEK OUT OF BANKS AND FLOODING ADJACENT ROADS. |
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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 1624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
393
WGUS51 KRLX 121421
FFWRLX
WVC095-121615-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0011.110512T1421Z-110512T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1021 AM EDT THU MAY 12 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
TYLER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MIDDLEBOURNE...
* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT
* AT 1013 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
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.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3958 8095 3944 8070 3940 8073 3934 8084
3935 8088 3939 8092 3938 8094 3936 8094
3934 8100 3936 8101 3946 8103 3948 8106
3947 8105 3946 8112
$$
211 follow-up statement
078
WGUS71 KRLX 121527
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1127 AM EDT THU MAY 12 2011
WVC095-121615-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110512T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TYLER WV-
1127 AM EDT THU MAY 12 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EDT FOR
TYLER COUNTY...
AT 1114 AM EDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AREAS
SOUTHWEST OF MIDDLEBOURNE ALONG SANCHO CREEK...LITTLE SANCHO CREEK
AND STEWART FORK. SEVERAL ROADS IN THE AREAS ARE FLOODED AND ARE
IMPASSABLE AT THIS TIME. ALSO, ANIMALS WERE NOTED FLOATING DOWN
LITTLE SANCHO CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3958 8095 3944 8070 3940 8073 3934 8084
3935 8088 3939 8092 3938 8094 3936 8094
3934 8100 3936 8101 3946 8103 3948 8106
3947 8105 3946 8112
$$
21The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 8:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Webster | 29 min |
| May 12, 9:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Webster | 60 min |
| May 12, 9:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Tyler | 48 min |
| May 12, 10:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 56 min |
| May 12, 10:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie, Tyler | 66 min |
| May 12, 11:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas, Webster | 52 min |
| May 12, 11:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie, Upshur, Webster | 3 hr |
| May 12, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 66 min |
| May 12, 12:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis | 2 hr |
| May 12, 12:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer | 66 min |
| May 12, 12:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 3 hr |
| May 12, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Nicholas, Roane, Webster | 41 min |
| May 12, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wood | 35 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.