Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Mar 15, 2012, 4:05 PM EDT for Logan County, Mingo County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 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
- Mar 15, 2012, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Logan County, WV, Mingo County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
932
WGUS51 KRLX 152005
FFWRLX
WVC045-059-160000-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0010.120315T2005Z-120316T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
405 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 358 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM REPEATED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HINCH...MAN
AND MALLORY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 0.75 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
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.
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG GILBERT CREEK IN SOUTHERN MINGO
COUNTY.
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.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE STREAM BANKS TO BECOME UNSTABLE.
UNSTABLE STREAM BANKS CAN FAIL OR BECOME SLIPPERY. PERSONS SHOULD
STAY AWAY FROM STREAM BANKS...SWIFT FLOWING WATER AND CULVERTS. STAY
AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY!
&&
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3753 8196 3753 8199 3756 8207 3766 8213
3777 8185 3770 8176 3766 8180 3765 8180
3757 8184 3752 8193
$$2 follow-up statements
161
WGUS71 KRLX 152208
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
608 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
WVC045-059-160000-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120316T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MINGO WV-LOGAN WV-
608 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LOGAN AND SOUTHEASTERN MINGO COUNTIES...
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HINCH...MAN
AND MALLORY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3753 8196 3753 8199 3756 8207 3766 8213
3777 8185 3770 8176 3766 8180 3765 8180
3757 8184 3752 8193
$$652
WGUS71 KRLX 152352
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
752 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
WVC045-059-160001-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120316T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MINGO WV-LOGAN WV-
752 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LOGAN AND SOUTHEASTERN MINGO COUNTIES...
THE HEAVY RAIN IS OVER FOR THE EVENING. SOME LIGHT RAIN WILL OCCUR
OVERNIGHT...BUT HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY. THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR THIS
EVENING. STREAMS AND CREEKS HAVE BEGUN TO RECEDE AND NO LONGER POSE
A FLASH FLOOD THREAT.
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 3753 8196 3753 8199 3756 8207 3766 8213
3777 8185 3770 8176 3766 8180 3765 8180
3757 8184 3752 8193
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 7:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 66 min |
| Mar 15, 7:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam | 32 min |
| Mar 15, 7:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 8:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo | 70 min |
| Mar 15, 9:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 9:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mason and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo | 10 hr |
| Mar 15, 10:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 4 hr |
| Mar 15, 11:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha, Mason, Putnam | 65 min |
| Mar 15, 11:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Putnam | 8 hr |
| Mar 15, 12:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam, Wayne | 113 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.