Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Watches in 2011
Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood watch at Apr 27, 2011, 3:40 AM EDT for 4 states. It took effect at Apr 27, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2011, 3:40 AM EDT (07:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 27, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2011, 7:11 AM EDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Flood severity
- None
All 43 counties
Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Buchanan County, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:43 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 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 781 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 275 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
568 WGUS61 KRLX 270740 FFARLX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 340 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>007-271545- /O.NEW.KRLX.FF.A.0005.110427T1600Z-110428T0800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA... BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN... POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...KENOVA...CEREDO... WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN 340 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY... SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...BOYD...CARTER... GREENUP AND LAWRENCE KY. IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...ATHENS...GALLIA... JACKSON OH...LAWRENCE OH...MORGAN...MEIGS...PERRY...VINTON AND WASHINGTON. IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...CABELL...MASON AND WAYNE. * FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA BY AFTERNOON...AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. WITH THE SOIL ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS INCREASED. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FRONT WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA LATER TONIGHT...WITH HEAVY RAINS ENDING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ WVZ008>011-013>020-024>032-039-040-271545- /O.NEW.KRLX.FF.A.0005.110427T1900Z-110428T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT- CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER- LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG... VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE... MIDDLEBOURNE...HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN...TEAYS VALLEY... HURRICANE...CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS... SPENCER...ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO... WEST UNION...WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...MADISON... CLAY...SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON... CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI... BELINGTON 340 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA... NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...BRAXTON... CALHOUN...CLAY...GILMER...JACKSON WV...ROANE AND TAYLOR. IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...BARBOUR...DODDRIDGE...HARRISON... LEWIS...PLEASANTS...RITCHIE...TYLER...UPSHUR...WIRT AND WOOD. IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...BOONE...KANAWHA...LINCOLN... LOGAN...MINGO AND PUTNAM. * FROM 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. WITH THE SOIL ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS INCREASED. THE HEAVIEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT...WITH HEAVY RAINS ENDING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
6 follow-up statements
985 WGUS61 KRLX 271549 FFARLX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1149 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>007-280000- /O.CON.KRLX.FF.A.0005.110427T1600Z-110428T0800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA... BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN... POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...KENOVA...CEREDO... WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN 1149 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...BOYD...CARTER...GREENUP AND LAWRENCE KY. IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...ATHENS...GALLIA...JACKSON OH...LAWRENCE OH... MORGAN...MEIGS...PERRY...VINTON AND WASHINGTON. IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...CABELL...MASON AND WAYNE. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. WITH THE SOIL ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS INCREASED. THE FRONT WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT...WITH HEAVY RAINS ENDING DURING THE PREDAWN THURSDAY. RAINS AMOUNTS OVER 1.5 INCHES OR GREATER...COULD CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO FLOOD. * IN THE WAKE OF THIS RAIN EVENT...THERE IS POTENTIAL OF SOME RIVER FLOODING ON THURSDAY. THE MOST VULNERABLE RIVERS WOULD BE THE MUSKINGUM....HOCKING...AND THE LITTLE SANDY. ALSO...THE OHIO RIVER WILL REMAIN HIGH FOR SEVERAL DAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ WVZ008>011-013>020-024>032-039-040-280000- /O.CON.KRLX.FF.A.0005.110427T1900Z-110428T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT- CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER- LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG... VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE... MIDDLEBOURNE...HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN...TEAYS VALLEY... HURRICANE...CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS... SPENCER...ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO... WEST UNION...WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...MADISON... CLAY...SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON... CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI... BELINGTON 1149 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...BRAXTON...CALHOUN...CLAY...GILMER... JACKSON WV...ROANE AND TAYLOR. IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... BARBOUR...DODDRIDGE...HARRISON...LEWIS...PLEASANTS...RITCHIE... TYLER...UPSHUR...WIRT AND WOOD. IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... BOONE...KANAWHA...LINCOLN...LOGAN...MINGO AND PUTNAM. * FROM 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. WITH THE SOIL ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS INCREASED. THE FRONT WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT BEFORE SUNRISE ON THURSDAY. THE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL DIMINISHES BY DAWN THURSDAY. RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1.5 INCHES OR GREATER...COULD CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO FLOOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
722 WGUS61 KRLX 271846 FFARLX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 246 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011 WVZ037-038-046-047-280300- /O.EXB.KRLX.FF.A.0005.110427T1900Z-110428T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE... WEBSTER SPRINGS...MARLINTON...ELKINS 246 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA... CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WEST VIRGINIA...POCAHONTAS. IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NICHOLAS AND WEBSTER. IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...RANDOLPH. * THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. WITH THE SOIL ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING EXISTS. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN ENDS BY DAWN ON THURSDAY. RAINS AMOUNTS OVER 1.5 INCHES OR GREATER...COULD CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO FLOOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE THAT LIVE ALONG FLOOD PRONE STREAMS...PLUS LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS...SHOULD MONITOR RAIN AMOUNTS AND WATER LEVELS PERIODICALLY OVERNIGHT. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BE POSTED...OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED. && $$ KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>007-280300- /O.EXT.KRLX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-110428T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA... BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN... POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...KENOVA...CEREDO... WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN 246 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...BOYD...CARTER...GREENUP AND LAWRENCE KY. IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...ATHENS...GALLIA...JACKSON OH...LAWRENCE OH... MORGAN...MEIGS...PERRY...VINTON AND WASHINGTON. IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...CABELL...MASON AND WAYNE. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. WITH THE SOIL ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING STILL EXISTS. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN SHOULD END DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS OF THURSDAY. RAINS AMOUNTS OVER 1.5 INCHES OR GREATER...COULD CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO FLOOD. * IN THE WAKE OF THIS RAIN EVENT...THERE IS POTENTIAL OF SOME RIVER FLOODING ON THURSDAY. THE MOST VULNERABLE RIVERS ARE THE MUSKINGUM....HOCKING...AND THE LITTLE SANDY. ALSO...THE OHIO RIVER WILL REMAIN HIGH FOR SEVERAL DAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE THAT LIVE ALONG FLOOD PRONE STREAMS...PLUS LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS...SHOULD MONITOR RAIN AMOUNTS AND WATER LEVELS PERIODICALLY OVERNIGHT. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BE POSTED...OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED. && $$ WVZ008>011-013>020-024>032-039-040-280300- /O.EXT.KRLX.FF.A.0005.110427T1900Z-110428T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT- CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER- LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG... VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE... MIDDLEBOURNE...HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN...TEAYS VALLEY... HURRICANE...CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS... SPENCER...ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO... WEST UNION...WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...MADISON... CLAY...SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON... CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI... BELINGTON 246 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...BRAXTON...CALHOUN...CLAY...GILMER... JACKSON WV...ROANE AND TAYLOR. IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... BARBOUR...DODDRIDGE...HARRISON...LEWIS...PLEASANTS...RITCHIE... TYLER...UPSHUR...WIRT AND WOOD. IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... BOONE...KANAWHA...LINCOLN...LOGAN...MINGO AND PUTNAM. * THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. WITH THE SOIL ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING STILL EXISTS. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN DIMINISHES BY DAWN ON THURSDAY. RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1.5 INCHES OR GREATER...COULD CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO FLOOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE THAT LIVE ALONG FLOOD PRONE STREAMS...PLUS LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS...SHOULD MONITOR RAIN AMOUNTS AND WATER LEVELS PERIODICALLY OVERNIGHT. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BE POSTED...OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED. && $$ KTB
761 WGUS61 KRLX 280109 FFARLX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 909 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011 VAZ003-004-WVZ033>036-280915- /O.EXA.KRLX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-110428T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT...WELCH... GARY...WAR...MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE...BECKLEY...OAK HILL... FAYETTEVILLE 909 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...BUCHANAN AND DICKENSON. IN WEST VIRGINIA...FAYETTE...MCDOWELL...RALEIGH AND WYOMING. * UNTIL 8 AM EDT THURSDAY * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. WITH THE SOIL ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING STILL EXISTS. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN DIMINISHES BY DAWN ON THURSDAY. RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1.5 INCHES OR GREATER...COULD CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO FLOOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE THAT LIVE ALONG FLOOD PRONE STREAMS...PLUS LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS...SHOULD MONITOR RAIN AMOUNTS AND WATER LEVELS PERIODICALLY OVERNIGHT. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BE POSTED...OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED. && $$ KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>007-280915- /O.CON.KRLX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-110428T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA... BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN... POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...KENOVA...CEREDO... WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN 909 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...BOYD...CARTER...GREENUP AND LAWRENCE KY. IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...ATHENS...GALLIA...JACKSON OH...LAWRENCE OH... MORGAN...MEIGS...PERRY...VINTON AND WASHINGTON. IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...CABELL...MASON AND WAYNE. * UNTIL 6 AM EDT THURSDAY * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. WITH THE SOIL ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING STILL EXISTS. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN SHOULD END DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS OF THURSDAY. RAINS AMOUNTS OVER 1.5 INCHES OR GREATER...COULD CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO FLOOD. * IN THE WAKE OF THIS RAIN EVENT...THERE IS POTENTIAL OF SOME RIVER FLOODING ON THURSDAY. THE MOST VULNERABLE RIVERS ARE THE MUSKINGUM....HOCKING...AND THE LITTLE SANDY. ALSO...THE OHIO RIVER WILL REMAIN HIGH FOR SEVERAL DAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE THAT LIVE ALONG FLOOD PRONE STREAMS...PLUS LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS...SHOULD MONITOR RAIN AMOUNTS AND WATER LEVELS PERIODICALLY OVERNIGHT. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BE POSTED...OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED. && $$ WVZ008>011-013>020-024>032-037>040-046-047-280915- /O.CON.KRLX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-110428T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT- CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER- LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS- RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG... VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE... MIDDLEBOURNE...HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN...TEAYS VALLEY... HURRICANE...CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS... SPENCER...ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO... WEST UNION...WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...MADISON... CLAY...SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON... CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD... CRAIGSVILLE...WEBSTER SPRINGS...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI... BELINGTON...MARLINTON...ELKINS 909 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WEST VIRGINIA...POCAHONTAS. IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...BRAXTON...CALHOUN...CLAY...GILMER...JACKSON WV...NICHOLAS...ROANE...TAYLOR AND WEBSTER. IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...BARBOUR...DODDRIDGE...HARRISON...LEWIS... PLEASANTS...RANDOLPH...RITCHIE...TYLER...UPSHUR...WIRT AND WOOD. IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...BOONE...KANAWHA...LINCOLN... LOGAN...MINGO AND PUTNAM. * UNTIL 8 AM EDT THURSDAY * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. WITH THE SOIL ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING STILL EXISTS. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN DIMINISHES BY DAWN ON THURSDAY. RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1.5 INCHES OR GREATER...COULD CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO FLOOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE THAT LIVE ALONG FLOOD PRONE STREAMS...PLUS LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS...SHOULD MONITOR RAIN AMOUNTS AND WATER LEVELS PERIODICALLY OVERNIGHT. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BE POSTED...OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED. && $$
383 WGUS61 KRLX 280808 FFARLX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 408 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>007-280915- /O.CAN.KRLX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-110428T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA... BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN... POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...KENOVA...CEREDO... WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN 408 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY... SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WITH ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS EARLY THIS MORNING...THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. $$ WVZ008>010-014-280915- /O.CAN.KRLX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-110428T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG... VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT...TEAYS VALLEY...HURRICANE 408 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA... NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WITH ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS...THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. $$ VAZ003-004-WVZ011-013-015>020-024>040-046-047-281200- /O.CON.KRLX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-110428T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-TYLER-LINCOLN-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN- RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS- HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER- UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT... PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE...HARTS...ALUM CREEK... HAMLIN...CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS...SPENCER... ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...WEST UNION... WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...MADISON...CLAY... SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON... CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...WELCH...GARY...WAR... MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE...BECKLEY...OAK HILL... FAYETTEVILLE...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE... WEBSTER SPRINGS...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON...MARLINTON... ELKINS 408 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...BUCHANAN AND DICKENSON. IN WEST VIRGINIA...BARBOUR...BOONE...BRAXTON... CALHOUN...CLAY...DODDRIDGE...FAYETTE...GILMER...HARRISON... KANAWHA...LEWIS...LINCOLN...LOGAN...MCDOWELL...MINGO... NICHOLAS...POCAHONTAS...RALEIGH...RANDOLPH...RITCHIE...ROANE... TAYLOR...TYLER...UPSHUR...WEBSTER...WIRT AND WYOMING. * UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING * HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD...HAS LEFT THE SOIL SATURATED. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF INTO CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. UNTIL A COLD FRONT CLEARS THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING...ENDING ANY REMAINING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING STILL EXISTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE THAT LIVE ALONG FLOOD PRONE STREAMS...PLUS LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS...SHOULD MONITOR RAIN AMOUNTS AND WATER LEVELS PERIODICALLY OVERNIGHT. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BE POSTED...OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED. && $$
557 WGUS61 KRLX 280952 FFARLX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 552 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 VAZ003-004-WVZ011-013-015>020-024>040-281100- /O.CAN.KRLX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-110428T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-TYLER-LINCOLN-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN- RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS- HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER- UPSHUR-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT... PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE...HARTS...ALUM CREEK... HAMLIN...CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS...SPENCER... ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...WEST UNION... WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...MADISON...CLAY... SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON... CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...WELCH...GARY...WAR... MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE...BECKLEY...OAK HILL... FAYETTEVILLE...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE... WEBSTER SPRINGS...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON 552 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...AND WITH ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING...THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. $$ WVZ046-047-281200- /O.CON.KRLX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-110428T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARLINTON...ELKINS 552 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WEST VIRGINIA...POCAHONTAS. IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...RANDOLPH. * UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING * THE SOIL IS SATURATED FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF HEAVY RAIN SINCE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF INTO CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. UNTIL A COLD FRONT AND ITS ASSOCIATED RAIN CLEAR THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING STILL EXISTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE THAT LIVE ALONG FLOOD PRONE STREAMS...PLUS LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS...SHOULD MONITOR RAIN AMOUNTS AND WATER LEVELS PERIODICALLY OVERNIGHT. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BE POSTED...OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED. && $$
072 WGUS61 KRLX 281111 FFARLX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 711 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 WVZ046-047-281215- /O.CAN.KRLX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-110428T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARLINTON...ELKINS 711 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST...WITH ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING. THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Apr 27, 1:49 AM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 1:49 AM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 149 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011 .SYNOPSIS... WARM WITH INSTABILITY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME COULD BE SEVERE. COLD FRONT PASSES WEDNESDAY NIGHT. COOLER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/... EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING UPDATE...THINGS WINDING DOWN AS THE BIG SYSTEM RELOADS OUT TO THE WEST. UPPER DISTURBANCE EXITING...WITH LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS OVER EASTERN WV HAVING DISSIPATED. SOME LOCALLY DENSE FOG MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AS CLOUDS HAVE THINNED AND WINDS GONE CALM. KEPT LOW CHANCE POPS BETWEEN 09Z AND 14Z FAR WESTERN ZONES AS EASTERN EDGE OF THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OUT IN WESTERN KY AND WESTERN TN LIFTS NEWD WITH UPPER DISTURBANCE. LOOKS LIKE THE MAIN ACTION WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY WEST...BUT SCATTERED CONVECTION EXPECTED REMAINDER OF AREA. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON POSSIBLE ANYWHERE IN THE AREA...BUT MOST LIKELY OUT WEST. FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR LATER TODAY...BUT TIMING AND AREA STILL BEING EVALUATED. MESOSCALE UPDATE... SOME SHRA ARE BREAKING OUT CURRENTLY ACROSS THE LOWLANDS...EXTENDING DOWN INTO EASTERN KY. THESE ARE COMING OUT OF A MID DECK FROM SOME DECENT CONVERGENCE SHOWING UP IN THE H7-H5 LAYER...DEPICTED WELL BY LATEST RUC13. RUC13 HOLDS ON TO THIS FOR THE NEXT FEW HRS AND KEPT POPS IN FOR THIS REASON. KEPT POPS IN OVERNIGHT DUE TO MODELS PLAYING CATCH UP WITH ONGOING CONVECTION OVER LWR MS VALLY. AWAITING WHAT IS LEFT OF CONVECTIVE COMPLEX NOW ORGANIZING OVER LWR MS VALLEY. THIS SHOULD BE ARRIVING ON WESTERN FLANKS 09-11Z WITH HOPEFULLY JUST SOME GUSTY SHRA BY THAT TIME. DUE TO MESOSCALE INFLUENCES FROM THE CONVECTION OVER MS VALLEY...MODELS WILL LKLY BE PLAYING CATCH UP ALL NIGHT LONG. THIS WILL REQUIRE ACCOUNTING FOR SLOW BIAS ALONG WITH USING SAT AND RADAR TRENDS. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... UNSETTLED WEATHER CONTINUES IN THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. EARLY IN THE PERIOD...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES. IN ADDITION...A SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH OHIO ZONES...WHICH WILL HELP TO TRIGGER CONVECTION AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW. IN ADDITION...SOME ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN MOUNTAIN ZONES FROM SSE FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT. COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND EXIT TO THE EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY MORNING. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION...CONVECTION WILL FIRE UP AHEAD OF THE FRONT. EXPECTING HEAVY RAINS TO DEVELOP WITH CONVECTION...WITH MODELS INDICATING PW VALUES OF 1.3 TO 1.6 INCHES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR TOMORROW NIGHT...PARTICULARLY OVER OUR SOUTHEAST OHIO...EASTERN KY...AND NORTHERN WV ZONES. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP...AND LOOK TO BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. SPC HAS ALSO ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK FOR OUR CWA FOR TOMORROW. BEHIND THE FRONT...A FEW SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY IN THE COLD ADVECTION BEHIND THE FRONT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FOR LATER FRIDAY FOR A RETURN OF DRIER WEATHER. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... GENERALLY USED HPC GUIDANCE WITH SOME TWEAKS. HIGH PRESSURE ON SATURDAY MOVES EAST...ALLOWING A WARM FRONT TO PUSH NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT THEN PUSHES EAST ON MONDAY...WITH HIGH PRESSURE NOSING IN ON TUESDAY. ONLY MAJOR CHANGES ARE FOR POPS LATER MONDAY AND TUESDAY. WITH HIGH PRESSURE NOSING IN...FELT POPS WOULD BE LOWER AND FORECAST WAS CHANGED TO REFLECT THIS TREND. && .AVIATION /06Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... 06Z WEDNESDAY THRU 06Z THURSDAY... ATMOSPHERE QUITE MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH GOOD CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. HOWEVER...OUTSIDE THESE STORMS 06Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL...WITH GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AFTER 15Z. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AND WEST OF THE OHIO RIVER. COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AFTER 00Z AND BRINGS MORE NUMEROUS AND POTENT THUNDERSTORMS...AFFECTING MOST AREAS BY 06Z. FRONT EXPECTED TO REACH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA BY 06Z. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: EXACT TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY DEPENDS ON EVOLUTION OF THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES OUT TO THE WEST...AND IN HOW MUCH SUNSHINE. EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION: H = HIGH: TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL. M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS. L = LOW: TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL. DATE WED 04/27/11 UTC 1HRLY 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 EDT 1HRLY 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 CRW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H HTS CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H BKW CONSISTENCY H M M M M M L L L L H H EKN CONSISTENCY M M L M M M M H M M H H PKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H CKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H AFTER 06Z THURSDAY... IFR POSSIBLE IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...KTB/JSH/SL NEAR TERM...KTB/JMV/30 SHORT TERM...SL LONG TERM...JSH AVIATION...JMV
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 4:35 PM EDT, 11 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 435 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>027- 272045- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON- VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN- PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN- BOONE-CLAY- 435 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY. THE BIGGER THREAT WILL BE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK. ALSO...WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WITH THE GROUND STILL WET FROM PRIOR RAINFALL...REPEATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SAME AREA COULD CAUSE SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND OTHER RELATED WATER PROBLEMS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. VAZ003-004-WVZ028>040-046-047-272045- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL- WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS- RANDOLPH- 435 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 214 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY. THE BIGGER THREAT WILL BE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK. ALSO...WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WITH THE GROUND STILL WET FROM PRIOR RAINFALL...REPEATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SAME AREA COULD CAUSE SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND OTHER RELATED WATER PROBLEMS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. TRM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 12:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Lewis, Nicholas, Randolph, Upshur and 1 more | 19 min |
| Apr 27, 12:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Highland | 23 min |
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Flash Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2011Flash Flood Watches in Ohio, 2011Flash Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2011Every flash flood watch 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.