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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2011, 3:49 PM EDT for Buchanan County, Dickenson County, Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr. 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 28, 2011, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2011, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Buchanan County, VA, Dickenson County, VA
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 987 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1003 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
939
WGUS51 KRLX 281949
FFWRLX
VAC027-051-282245-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0033.110628T1949Z-110628T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
349 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DAVENPORT...
SOUTHEASTERN DICKENSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 346 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF OVER 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR HAVE
BEEN INDICATED.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OAKWOOD.
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.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3707 8235 3718 8222 3727 8197 3718 8181
3717 8186 3713 8192 3712 8200 3708 8202
3703 8212 3703 8218 3699 8224 3699 8229
3698 8231
$$
052 follow-up statements
009
WGUS71 KRLX 282129
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
529 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011
VAC027-051-282245-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110628T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DICKENSON VA-BUCHANAN VA-
529 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN BUCHANAN AND SOUTHEASTERN DICKENSON COUNTIES...
AT 518 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DECREASING OVER THE AREA. HOWEVER...SCATTERED
SHOWERS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. IN THE PAST 3 HOURS...A
FEW RAINFALL REPORTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES...AND RADAR ESTIMATES
EXCEEDING 3 INCHES OVER THE WARNED AREA WERE RECEIVED. ALTHOUGH NO
REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SO FAR...THE COMBINATION OF
THE RAINFALL REPORTS AND CONTINUED SHOWER ACTIVITY...WILL LIKELY
CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS. THUS...THE WARNING CONTINUES.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DAVENPORT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3707 8235 3718 8222 3727 8197 3718 8181
3717 8186 3713 8192 3712 8200 3708 8202
3703 8212 3703 8218 3699 8224 3699 8229
3698 8231
$$
05127
WGUS71 KRLX 282246
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
646 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011
VAC027-051-282248-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110628T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DICKENSON VA-BUCHANAN VA-
646 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
BUCHANAN AND SOUTHEASTERN DICKENSON COUNTIES...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED IN INTENSITY
AND COVERAGE THIS EVENING. NO REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. STILL...WITH ALL THE RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN
THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION THIS EVENING.
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 3707 8235 3718 8222 3727 8197 3718 8181
3717 8186 3713 8192 3712 8200 3708 8202
3703 8212 3703 8218 3699 8224 3699 8229
3698 8231
$$
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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.