Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2011, 4:53 PM EDT for McDowell County, Mingo County, West Virginia; Buchanan County, Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2011, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2011, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Buchanan County, VA, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 2035 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WGUS51 KRLX 092053
FFWRLX
VAC027-WVC047-059-092345-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0022.110609T2053Z-110609T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
453 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF OVER 2 INCHES
IN AN HOUR...WITH MORE STORMS EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GILBERT
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 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.
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.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3732 8228 3738 8221 3754 8198 3753 8202
3754 8202 3765 8192 3757 8184 3755 8186
3753 8182 3751 8182 3728 8208
$$
052 follow-up statements
025
WGUS71 KRLX 092147
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
547 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011
VAC027-WVC047-059-092345-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110609T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUCHANAN VA-MINGO WV-MCDOWELL WV-
547 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MCDOWELL...SOUTHEASTERN MINGO AND NORTHWESTERN BUCHANAN
COUNTIES...
AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED
THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAINS CONTINUE. THE RADAR HAS INDICATED RAINFALL ESTIMATES
OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES HAS FALLEN. EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN WILL
CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING...ANY HIGH WATER PROBLEMS ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GILBERT CREEK
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3732 8228 3738 8221 3754 8198 3753 8202
3754 8202 3765 8192 3757 8184 3755 8186
3753 8182 3751 8182 3728 8208
$$
24373
WGUS71 KRLX 092339
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
739 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011
VAC027-WVC047-059-092346-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110609T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUCHANAN VA-MINGO WV-MCDOWELL WV-
739 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
MCDOWELL...SOUTHEASTERN MINGO AND NORTHWESTERN BUCHANAN COUNTIES...
RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE AREA AND NO ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY TONIGHT. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 745 PM.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3732 8228 3738 8221 3754 8198 3753 8202
3754 8202 3765 8192 3757 8184 3755 8186
3753 8182 3751 8182 3728 8208
$$
05The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mingo | 65 min |
| Jun 9, 4:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wayne and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Logan, Wayne | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 6:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 78 min |
| Jun 9, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Buchanan | 58 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2011Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011
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.