Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Apr 3, 2012, 7:17 PM EDT for McDowell County, West Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report 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
- Apr 3, 2012, 7:17 PM EDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2012, 9:36 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County McDowell County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:25 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Se War, WV | RT. 16 BLOCKED BY WATER NEAR SQUIRE AND NEAR INTERSECTION OF RT. 16 AND CANEBRAKE ROAD. WATER IN STORE IN SQUIRE. |
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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
179
WGUS51 KRLX 032317
FFWRLX
WVC047-040215-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0012.120403T2317Z-120404T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
717 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 710 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM VERY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED
AREA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST UNTIL 8PM.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAR
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 3724 8170 3732 8174 3731 8163 3727 8149
3723 8152 3720 8156
$$4 follow-up statements
058
WGUS71 KRLX 032336
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
736 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012
WVC047-040215-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120404T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCDOWELL WV-
736 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY...
AT 733 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE VERY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING
OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN IS ALONG THE DRY
FORK IN THE AREA OF WAR...WITH RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF AT LEAST
3 INCHES IN THE LAST 3 HOURS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAR
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3724 8170 3732 8174 3731 8163 3727 8149
3723 8152 3720 8156
$$608
WGUS71 KRLX 032357
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
757 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012
WVC047-040215-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120404T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCDOWELL WV-
757 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY...
AT 751 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WERE REPORTED
OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING NOW
INCLUDES THE DRY FORK AND JACOBS FORK BETWEEN WAR AND SQUIRE. RADAR
ESTIMATES OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS.
THE STORMS ARE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN...BUT WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT
LEAST 815 PM.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAR
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 3724 8170 3732 8174 3731 8163 3727 8149
3723 8152 3720 8156
$$444
WGUS71 KRLX 040038
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
838 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012
WVC047-040215-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120404T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCDOWELL WV-
838 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY...
AT 828 PM EDT...FLOODING HAS OCCURRED FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF WAR. ALTHOUGH THE STORMS
HAVE WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY AND THE RAIN WILL COME TO AN END BY 9
PM...FLOODING WILL STILL BE OCCURRING FOR AWHILE DUE TO STREAMS AND
CREEKS THAT HAVE OVERFLOWED THEIR BANKS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAR
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3724 8170 3732 8174 3731 8163 3727 8149
3723 8152 3720 8156
$$408
WGUS71 KRLX 040136
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
936 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012
WVC047-040144-
/O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120404T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCDOWELL WV-
936 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
MCDOWELL COUNTY...
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS HEAVY RAIN IS NO LONGER
EXPECTED. HOWEVER...EXCESS RUNOFF MAY ALLOW STREAMS AND CREEKS TO
RISE A LITTLE BEFORE THEY START TO RECEDE.
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 3724 8170 3732 8174 3731 8163 3727 8149
3723 8152 3720 8156
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay | 30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.