Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Sep 4, 2011, 5:50 PM EDT for 7 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 4, 2011, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2011, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 6:54 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Glen Daniel, WV | WATER OVER COAL RIVER RD |
| Sep 4, 7:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mount Hope, WV | CREEKS AND STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN THE MOUNT HOPE AND GLEN JEAN AREAS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 259 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 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.
221
WGUS51 KRLX 042150
FFWRLX
WVC015-019-039-047-067-081-109-050045-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0050.110904T2150Z-110905T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
550 PM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE...
SOUTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WELCH...
WEST CENTRAL NICHOLAS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
WESTERN RALEIGH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL WYOMING COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PINEVILLE...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA...CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. EXPECT STORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT
LEAST 7 PM THIS EVENING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BURNWELL...
GLEN...DRY CREEK...TWIN FALLS STATE PARK...SOPHIA...SMITHERS...
PROSPERITY...PRATT...POWELLTON...OAK HILL...MULLENS...MOUNT HOPE...
MONTGOMERY...HAWKS NEST STATE PARK...GAULEY BRIDGE...CRAB
ORCHARD...BRADLEY AND ANSTED
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3741 8182 3779 8153 3779 8151 3788 8146
3844 8136 3834 8107 3790 8112 3759 8134
3734 8158
$$
052 follow-up statements
960
WGUS71 KRLX 050011
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
811 PM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011
WVC015-019-039-047-067-081-109-050045-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110905T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RALEIGH WV-NICHOLAS WV-MCDOWELL WV-KANAWHA WV-FAYETTE WV-CLAY WV-
WYOMING WV-
811 PM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL WYOMING...SOUTHWESTERN CLAY...WESTERN FAYETTE...SOUTHEASTERN
KANAWHA...NORTHERN MCDOWELL...WEST CENTRAL NICHOLAS AND WESTERN
RALEIGH COUNTIES...
AT 801 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
ONLY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...MORE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
AND MAY MOVE BACK OVER THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN 9 PM AND 10 PM. SO
FAR...ONLY MINOR WATER PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BURNWELL...
GLEN...SMITHERS...PROSPERITY...PRATT...POWELLTON...OAK HILL...MOUNT
HOPE...MONTGOMERY...HAWKS NEST STATE PARK...GAULEY BRIDGE...
FAYETTEVILLE...BRADLEY AND ANSTED
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3741 8182 3779 8153 3779 8151 3788 8146
3844 8136 3834 8107 3790 8112 3759 8134
3734 8158
$$
05991
WGUS71 KRLX 050048
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
848 PM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011
WVC015-019-039-047-067-081-109-050053-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110905T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RALEIGH WV-NICHOLAS WV-MCDOWELL WV-KANAWHA WV-FAYETTE WV-CLAY WV-
WYOMING WV-
848 PM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
WYOMING...SOUTHWESTERN CLAY...WESTERN FAYETTE...SOUTHEASTERN
KANAWHA...NORTHERN MCDOWELL...WEST CENTRAL NICHOLAS AND WESTERN
RALEIGH COUNTIES...
HEAVY RAINS HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. WHILE MORE HEAVY SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AT 840 PM...THE CURRENT MOTION WOULD TAKE THESE STORMS
WEST OF THE WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS TO THE WEST WILL CONTINUE TO
BE MONITORED FOR ANY CHANGES IN MOTION. SINCE ONLY MINOR WATER
PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND ONLY LIGHT SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS
REMAIN...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 3741 8182 3779 8153 3779 8151 3788 8146
3844 8136 3834 8107 3790 8112 3759 8134
3734 8158
$$
05The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 37 min |
| Sep 4, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 34 min |
| Sep 4, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour | 36 min |
| Sep 4, 3:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Putnam, Tyler and 3 more | 13 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Tucker | 35 min |
| Sep 4, 6:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 6:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur | 3 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.