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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Charleston, WV

June 19, 2011Ritchie County, Wirt County, Wood County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2011, 10:32 PM EDT for Ritchie County, Wirt County, Wood County, West Virginia. It was in force for 58 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 19, 2011, 10:32 PM EDT (02:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2011, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Ritchie County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 2011-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 539 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2011-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 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
539 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

725 
WGUS51 KRLX 200232
FFWRLX
WVC085-105-107-200330-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0030.110620T0232Z-110620T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1032 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL RITCHIE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHERN WIRT COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT

* AT 1024 PM EDT...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS LINGERING...BUT THE   
HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS HAVE ENDED.  YET...STREAMS WILL STILL BE 
OVERFLOWING FROM THE PREVIOUS DOWNPOURS. SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 1130 PM.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN LIKELY
FELL BETWEEN MINERALWELLS AND ROCKPORT...AND TO WEST OF ELIZABETH
AND GREENCASTLE.  THE DOWNPOURS AFFECTED SUCH STREAMS AS FIVEMILE 
RUN...BUCK CREEK...AND SLATE CREEK.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   
MINERALWELLS.  THIS ALSO AFFECTS INTERSTATE 77 IN SOUTHERN WOOD 
COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 3925 8126 3917 8117 3907 8126 3906 8154
      3907 8168 3908 8171 3910 8174 3919 8175
      3919 8174 3921 8173

$$

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2 follow-up statements
187 
WGUS71 KRLX 200245
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1045 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

WVC085-105-107-200330-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110620T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WIRT WV-WOOD WV-RITCHIE WV-
1045 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL RITCHIE...SOUTHERN WOOD AND NORTHERN WIRT COUNTIES...

AT 1041 PM EDT...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS LINGERING...BUT THE   
HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS HAVE ENDED.  YET...STREAMS WILL STILL BE 
OVERFLOWING FROM THE PREVIOUS DOWNPOURS. SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN LIKELY 
FELL BETWEEN MINERALWELLS AND ROCKPORT...AND TO WEST OF ELIZABETH 
AND GREENCASTLE.  THE DOWNPOURS AFFECTED SUCH STREAMS AS TYGART 
CREEK...FIVEMILE RUN...BUCK CREEK...AND SLATE CREEK.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   
MINERALWELLS.  THIS ALSO AFFECTS INTERSTATE 77 AND ROUTE 21
IN SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY.

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 3925 8126 3917 8117 3907 8126 3906 8154
      3907 8168 3908 8171 3910 8174 3919 8175
      3919 8174 3921 8173

$$

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538 
WGUS71 KRLX 200326
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1126 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

WVC085-105-107-200340-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110620T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WIRT WV-WOOD WV-RITCHIE WV-
1126 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL RITCHIE...SOUTHERN WOOD AND NORTHERN WIRT COUNTIES...

DOWNPOURS ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD 
WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT SUNDAY EVENING...HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE.  SOME LIGHT RAIN MAY STILL LINGER.  

THE LARGER STREAMS...SUCH AS TYGART CREEK AND SLATE CREEK...MAY 
STILL BE RUNNING HIGH FROM THE PREVIOUS RUNOFF. 

BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS OVERNIGHT...DEBRIS MAY BE LEFT ON AREA 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 3925 8126 3917 8117 3907 8126 3906 8154
      3907 8168 3908 8171 3910 8174 3919 8175
      3919 8174 3921 8173

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWood17 min
Jun 19, 9:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRitchie, Wirt, Wood90 min
Jun 20, 12:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell and 6 more2 hr

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.