Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011

Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Charleston, WV

June 10, 2011Barbour County, Harrison County, Taylor County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2011, 12:34 AM EDT for Barbour County, Harrison County, Taylor County, West Virginia. It was in force for 116 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 10, 2011, 12:34 AM EDT (04:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2011, 2:30 AM EDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Barbour County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Taylor County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:34 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 140 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2011-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 275 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2011-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

517 
WGUS51 KRLX 100434
FFWRLX
WVC001-033-091-100630-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0028.110610T0434Z-110610T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1234 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BARBOUR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PHILIPPI...
  HARRISON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLARKSBURG...
  TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...GRAFTON...AUDRA STATE PARK...

* UNTIL 230 AM EDT

* AT 1229 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLARKSBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 15 MPH.  WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THURSDAY EVENING...HEAVY RAIN
  FROM THIS STORM COULD EASILY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SHINNSTON...NUTTER FORT...STONEWOOD...ANMOORE...BRIDGEPORT AND
  BELINGTON

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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 3911 7982 3908 7986 3897 7990 3895 8006
      3902 8004 3904 8012 3911 8022 3910 8025
      3911 8036 3917 8058 3917 8059 3920 8053
      3922 8056 3944 8046 3935 7989 3930 7989
      3924 7981

$$

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2 follow-up statements
914 
WGUS71 KRLX 100528
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
128 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

WVC001-033-091-100630-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110610T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARRISON WV-BARBOUR WV-TAYLOR WV-
128 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR
TAYLOR...BARBOUR AND HARRISON COUNTIES...

AT 124 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.  THIS 
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ANMOORE...OR NEAR CLARKSBURG...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE APPROACHING THE WARNED 
AREA FROM THE WEST.  WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THURSDAY 
EVENING...HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE STORMS COULD EASILY CAUSE ADDITIONAL 
FLOODING.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BRIDGEPORT...PHILIPPI...GRAFTON...BELINGTON AND AUDRA STATE PARK

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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 3911 7982 3908 7986 3897 7990 3895 8006
      3902 8004 3904 8012 3911 8022 3910 8025
      3911 8036 3917 8058 3917 8059 3920 8053
      3922 8056 3944 8046 3935 7989 3930 7989
      3924 7981

$$

12
744 
WGUS71 KRLX 100630
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
230 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

WVC001-033-091-100638-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110610T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARRISON WV-BARBOUR WV-TAYLOR WV-
230 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 230 AM EDT FOR TAYLOR...
BARBOUR AND HARRISON COUNTIES...

WHILE THERE WERE STILL WIDESPREAD SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA...THE 
HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN WAS OVER.  THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. FLOODING WAS MAINLY 
OF THE URBAN VARIETY IN BRIDGEPORT DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE...AND THESE 
WATERS HAD LARGELY 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 3911 7982 3908 7986 3897 7990 3895 8006
      3902 8004 3904 8012 3911 8022 3910 8025
      3911 8036 3917 8058 3917 8059 3920 8053
      3922 8056 3944 8046 3935 7989 3930 7989
      3924 7981

$$

12

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCabell26 min
Jun 9, 8:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPutnam48 min
Jun 9, 8:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXTaylor42 min
Jun 9, 8:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour, Harrison, Taylor39 min
Jun 9, 9:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCabell41 min
Jun 9, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur40 min
Jun 9, 9:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Harrison, Ritchie, Taylor2 hr
Jun 9, 9:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur45 min
Jun 9, 10:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBarbour, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur112 min
Jun 9, 10:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie53 min
Jun 9, 10:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Wood63 min
Jun 9, 11:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood58 min
Jun 9, 11:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchRLXBarbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 11 more24 hr
Jun 9, 11:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis, Randolph, Ritchie and 3 more2 hr
Jun 10, 12:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPocahontas65 min
Jun 10, 1:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWayne25 min
Jun 10, 1:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLincoln, Wayne37 min
Jun 10, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXJackson58 min

Nearby

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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.