Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

Apr 9, 2011, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)

Expired

Apr 9, 2011, 6:44 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Wyoming County, WV

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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788 
WGUS51 KRLX 092026
FFWRLX
WVC109-100030-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0002.110409T2026Z-110410T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
426 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 418 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KOPPERSTON.

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.

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.

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...DONT DROWN.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE STREAM BANKS TO BECOME UNSTABLE.
UNSTABLE STREAM BANKS CAN FAIL OR BECOME SLIPPERY. PERSONS SHOULD
STAY AWAY FROM STREAM BANKS...SWIFT FLOWING WATER AND CULVERTS. STAY
AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY!

&&

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3761 8169 3778 8168 3779 8160 3777 8158
      3778 8154 3776 8144 3775 8144 3760 8144

$$

14

824 
WGUS71 KRLX 092153
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
553 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

WVC109-100030-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110410T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WYOMING WV-
553 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL WYOMING COUNTY...

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KOPPERSTON.

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.

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...DONT 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 3761 8169 3778 8168 3779 8160 3777 8158
      3778 8154 3776 8144 3775 8144 3760 8144

$$

14

681 
WGUS71 KRLX 092244
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
644 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

WVC109-092253-
/O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110410T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WYOMING WV-
644 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTH CENTRAL
WYOMING COUNTY...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS HEAVY RAIN IS NO LONGER
EXPECTED. HOWEVER...EXCESS RUNOFF MAY ALLOW STREAMS AND CREEKS TO
RISE A LITTLE BEFORE THEY START TO RECEDE.

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 3761 8169 3778 8168 3779 8160 3777 8158
      3778 8154 3776 8144 3775 8144 3760 8144

$$

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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.