Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Charleston, WV
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.
- 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
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
$$
222 follow-up statements
187
WGUS71 KRLX 200245
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1045 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
WVC085-105-107-200330-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110620T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WIRT WV-WOOD WV-RITCHIE WV-
1045 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL RITCHIE...SOUTHERN WOOD AND NORTHERN WIRT COUNTIES...
AT 1041 PM EDT...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS LINGERING...BUT THE
HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS HAVE ENDED. YET...STREAMS WILL STILL BE
OVERFLOWING FROM THE PREVIOUS DOWNPOURS. SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM. THE HEAVIEST RAIN LIKELY
FELL BETWEEN MINERALWELLS AND ROCKPORT...AND TO WEST OF ELIZABETH
AND GREENCASTLE. THE DOWNPOURS AFFECTED SUCH STREAMS AS TYGART
CREEK...FIVEMILE RUN...BUCK CREEK...AND SLATE CREEK.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MINERALWELLS. THIS ALSO AFFECTS INTERSTATE 77 AND ROUTE 21
IN SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY.
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3925 8126 3917 8117 3907 8126 3906 8154
3907 8168 3908 8171 3910 8174 3919 8175
3919 8174 3921 8173
$$
22538
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
$$
22The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 8:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wood | 17 min |
| Jun 19, 9:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 90 min |
| Jun 20, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell and 6 more | 2 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.