Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Sep 4, 2011, 6:56 PM EDT for 5 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, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2011, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Barbour County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Upshur County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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, 7:17 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 9 Wnw Grafton, WV | RTE 73 SOUTH CLOSED IN WESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY |
| Sep 4, 7:41 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ne Bridgeport, WV | ROAD FLOODED AT THE INTERSECTION OF RTE 279 AND 131 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1330 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
511
WGUS51 KRLX 042256
FFWRLX
WVC001-033-041-091-097-050200-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0052.110904T2256Z-110905T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
656 PM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
EASTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WESTON...
TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRAFTON...
NORTHWESTERN UPSHUR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BUCKHANNON...
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
* AT 649 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 8 PM THIS EVENING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
STONEWOOD...NUTTER FORT...BRIDGEPORT AND ANMOORE
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.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3943 7989 3876 8034 3889 8057 3942 8024
3940 8020 3941 8010 3939 8008 3940 8003
3943 8001 3946 7995 3945 7990
$$
052 follow-up statements
711
WGUS71 KRLX 050032
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
832 PM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011
WVC001-033-041-091-097-050200-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110905T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEWIS WV-HARRISON WV-BARBOUR WV-TAYLOR WV-UPSHUR WV-
832 PM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
WESTERN UPSHUR...TAYLOR...WEST CENTRAL BARBOUR...SOUTHEASTERN
HARRISON AND EASTERN LEWIS COUNTIES...
AT 824 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED
AREA...OF WHICH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...
ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN HARRISON AND WESTERN TAYLOR COUNTIES. THE
HEAVIEST STORMS WILL SHIFT NORTH OF THE AREA SHORTLY AFTER 9 PM THIS
EVENING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GRAFTON
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3943 7989 3876 8034 3889 8057 3942 8024
3940 8020 3941 8010 3939 8008 3940 8003
3943 8001 3946 7995 3945 7990
$$
05738
WGUS71 KRLX 050200
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1000 PM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011
WVC001-033-041-091-097-050207-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110905T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEWIS WV-HARRISON WV-BARBOUR WV-TAYLOR WV-UPSHUR WV-
1000 PM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM EDT FOR WESTERN
UPSHUR...TAYLOR...WEST CENTRAL BARBOUR...SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON AND
EASTERN LEWIS COUNTIES...
HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED NORTH OF THE WARNED AREA...WITH ONLY
SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS REMAINING. WHILE THE WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT...AND THIS WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY.
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 3943 7989 3876 8034 3889 8057 3942 8024
3940 8020 3941 8010 3939 8008 3940 8003
3943 8001 3946 7995 3945 7990
$$
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, 5:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, McDowell, Nicholas, Raleigh and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 6:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wayne | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.