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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Charleston, WV

June 9, 20115 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2011, 10:08 PM EDT for 5 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 112 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, 10:08 PM EDT (02:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 112 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Barbour County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Upshur County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 275 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

639 
WGUS51 KRLX 100208
FFWRLX
WVC001-033-041-091-097-100400-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0026.110610T0208Z-110610T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1008 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PHILIPPI...
  SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTH CENTRAL UPSHUR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT

* AT 959 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MOATSVILLE...GALLOWAY AND NESTORVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAS ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS MOST OF THE 
WARNED AREA...IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN 
IS EXPECTED...WHICH WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3915 7983 3905 8014 3911 8068 3915 8062
      3916 8041 3932 7989 3929 7987 3920 7981

$$

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1 follow-up statement

392 
WGUS71 KRLX 100329
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1129 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

WVC001-033-041-091-097-100400-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110610T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEWIS WV-HARRISON WV-BARBOUR WV-TAYLOR WV-UPSHUR WV-
1129 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL UPSHUR...TAYLOR...NORTHERN BARBOUR...SOUTHERN HARRISON
AND NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTIES...

AT 1124 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA 
BEGINNING TO MOVE TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOATSVILLE...
GALLOWAY AND NESTORVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3915 7983 3905 8014 3911 8068 3915 8062
      3916 8041 3932 7989 3929 7987 3920 7981

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 8:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell	26 min
Jun 9, 8:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Putnam	48 min
Jun 9, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Taylor	42 min
Jun 9, 8:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Taylor	39 min
Jun 9, 9:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell	41 min
Jun 9, 9:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur	40 min
Jun 9, 9:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Ritchie, Taylor	2 hr
Jun 9, 9:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur	45 min
Jun 9, 10:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie	53 min
Jun 9, 10:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Wood	63 min
Jun 9, 11:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood	58 min
Jun 9, 11:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 11 more	24 hr
Jun 9, 11:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis, Randolph, Ritchie and 3 more	2 hr
Jun 10, 12:34 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Taylor	116 min
Jun 10, 12:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	65 min
Jun 10, 1:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	25 min
Jun 10, 1:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln, Wayne	37 min
Jun 10, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.