Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2011, 6:25 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Kentucky; Lincoln County, Wayne County, West Virginia. It was in force for 78 min. 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, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2011, 7:43 PM EDT
- In force
- 78 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lawrence County, KY, Lincoln County, WV, Wayne County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 1482 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1013 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.4
- Supercell composite
- -1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
481
WGUS51 KRLX 092225
FFWRLX
KYC127-WVC043-099-100030-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0024.110609T2225Z-110610T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
625 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 615 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM VERY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED
AREA. ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES
OF AN HOUR HAVE OCCURRED IN SOME LOCATIONS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DUNLOW
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.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3800 8264 3807 8241 3811 8217 3806 8209
3797 8225 3794 8239 3794 8250 3796 8248
$$
051 follow-up statement
280
WGUS71 KRLX 092343
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
743 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011
KYC127-WVC043-099-092352-
/O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110610T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAWRENCE KY-LINCOLN WV-WAYNE WV-
743 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EXTREME EAST
CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHERN WAYNE AND
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA...
RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE AREA AND NO ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY TONIGHT. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3800 8264 3807 8241 3811 8217 3806 8209
3797 8225 3794 8239 3794 8250 3796 8248
$$
05The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 4:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 21 min |
| Jun 9, 6:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 95 min |
| 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, 4:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell, Mingo | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Logan, Wayne | 44 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2011Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 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.