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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Sep 3, 2011, 5:05 PM EDT for Raleigh County, West Virginia. It was in force for 115 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
- Sep 3, 2011, 5:05 PM EDT (21:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Raleigh County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
588 WGUS51 KRLX 032105 FFWRLX WVC081-032300- /O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0048.110903T2105Z-110903T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 505 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL RALEIGH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 455 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. THE GLADE CREEK BASIN HAS RECEIVED A DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN. 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 3785 8111 3782 8098 3774 8097 3774 8110 $$ 26
2 follow-up statements
889 WGUS71 KRLX 032214 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 614 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011 WVC081-032300- /O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110903T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RALEIGH WV- 614 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL RALEIGH COUNTY... AT 611 PM EDT...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS. PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3785 8111 3782 8098 3774 8097 3774 8110 $$ 26
095 WGUS71 KRLX 032301 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 701 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011 WVC081-032310- /O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110903T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RALEIGH WV- 701 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR EAST CENTRAL RALEIGH COUNTY... HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED THIS EVENING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 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 3785 8111 3782 8098 3774 8097 3774 8110 $$ 05
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 3:18 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 5 more | 17 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 36 min |
| Sep 3, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wyoming | 32 min |
| Sep 3, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wyoming | 32 min |
| Sep 3, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wyoming | 31 min |
| Sep 3, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh | 56 min |
| Sep 3, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mingo | 27 min |
| Sep 3, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo, Wayne | 35 min |
| Sep 3, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay | 32 min |
| Sep 3, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 24 min |
| Sep 3, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 43 min |
| Sep 3, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Nicholas | 39 min |
| Sep 3, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 48 min |
| Sep 3, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 46 min |
| Sep 3, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Logan, Wayne | 56 min |
| Sep 3, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay | 40 min |
| Sep 3, 6:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 27 min |
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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.