Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 2011, 4:50 PM EDT for Mingo County, Wayne County, West Virginia; Lawrence County, Kentucky. 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
- Jul 30, 2011, 4:50 PM EDT (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2011, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lawrence County, KY, Mingo County, WV, Wayne County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 741 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
603
WGUS51 KRLX 302050
FFWRLX
KYC127-WVC059-099-302345-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0042.110730T2050Z-110730T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
450 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 448 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DUNLOW
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.
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 3801 8255 3806 8244 3797 8228 3796 8228
3796 8226 3792 8219 3778 8211 3767 8228
3778 8234 3782 8241 3790 8244 3790 8248
3794 8250 3796 8255
$$
JB2 follow-up statements
815
WGUS71 KRLX 302231
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
631 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2011
KYC127-WVC059-099-302345-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-110730T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAWRENCE KY-MINGO WV-WAYNE WV-
631 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHERN WAYNE
AND NORTHWESTERN MINGO COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA...
AT 621 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN
DUNLOW. EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY...WATER
WILL REMAIN HIGH. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE THE STORMS BEGAN.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DUNLOW
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3801 8255 3806 8244 3797 8228 3796 8228
3795 8229 3795 8225 3794 8222 3790 8218
3778 8235 3782 8240 3790 8244 3790 8248
3794 8250 3796 8255
$$
JB215
WGUS71 KRLX 302339
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
739 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2011
KYC127-WVC059-099-302348-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-110730T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAWRENCE KY-MINGO WV-WAYNE WV-
739 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHERN WAYNE AND
NORTHWESTERN MINGO COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA...
HEAVY RAIN IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
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 3801 8255 3806 8244 3797 8228 3796 8228
3795 8229 3795 8225 3794 8222 3790 8218
3778 8235 3782 8240 3790 8244 3790 8248
3794 8250 3796 8255
$$
JBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 11:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie | 52 min |
| Jul 30, 4:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wyoming | 39 min |
| Jul 30, 6:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boyd | 55 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2011Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011
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.