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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 5, 2012, 11:52 AM EDT for Braxton County, Gilmer County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 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
- May 5, 2012, 11:52 AM EDT (15:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Braxton County, WV, Gilmer County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Cedarville, WV | ROCK SLIDE REPORTED NEAR CEDARVILLE CLOSING THE ROADWAY...NO ROAD NAME WAS GIVEN AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT. |
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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
465 WGUS51 KRLX 051552 FFWRLX WVC007-021-051845- /O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0019.120505T1552Z-120505T1845Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1152 AM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL BRAXTON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... SOUTH CENTRAL GILMER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 245 PM EDT * AT 1142 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CEDARVILLE. THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES CEDAR CREEK...BUTCHERS RUN...BULL RUN AND TOMS RUN. 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. && PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3885 8090 3889 8080 3880 8072 3875 8083 $$ 25
2 follow-up statements
613 WGUS71 KRLX 051726 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 126 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012 WVC007-021-051845- /O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120505T1845Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GILMER WV-BRAXTON WV- 126 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL BRAXTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL GILMER COUNTIES... AT 115 PM EDT...PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE AREA WILL CAUSE STREAMS AND CREEKS TO CONTINUE TO RISE. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CEDARVILLE. THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES CEDAR CREEK...BUTCHERS RUN...BULL RUN AND TOMS RUN. SOME FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AROUND SAND FORK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS. PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3885 8090 3889 8080 3880 8072 3875 8083 $$ 25
294 WGUS71 KRLX 051840 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 240 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012 WVC007-021-051848- /O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120505T1845Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GILMER WV-BRAXTON WV- 240 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL BRAXTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL GILMER COUNTIES... HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA FOR NOW...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN A POSSIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON. IF TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURS...THEN ADDITIONAL FLOODING COULD RESULT. THEREFORE YOU SHOULD STAY TUNED TO WEATHER INFORMATION IN CASE ADDITIONAL WARNINGS ARE NEEDED. 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 3885 8090 3889 8080 3880 8072 3875 8083 $$ 25
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 10:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 48 min |
| May 4, 11:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Roane, Wirt and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 4, 11:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Mason, Putnam | 5 hr |
| May 5, 12:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Putnam, Roane | 22 min |
| May 5, 12:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha, Lincoln | 32 min |
| May 5, 3:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer, Ritchie, Webster | 37 min |
| May 5, 4:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Nicholas, Webster | 30 min |
| May 5, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph | 110 min |
| May 5, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants | 87 min |
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.