Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2012, 6:03 PM EDT for Buchanan County, Dickenson County, Virginia. It was in force for 2 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
- Jul 14, 2012, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2012, 8:04 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Buchanan County, VA, Dickenson County, VA
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 381 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
297
WGUS51 KRLX 142203
FFWRLX
VAC027-051-150100-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0021.120714T2203Z-120715T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
603 PM EDT SAT JUL 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BUCHANAN COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRUNDY...
NORTHEASTERN DICKENSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAYSI...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY FROM REPETITIVE HEAVY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER
HOUR POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST RAINS SO FAR...AND THE MOST IMMEDIATE FLOOD
THREAT...ARE NEAR THE DICKENSON AND BUCKHANNON COUNTY BORDER BETWEEN
HAYSI AND VANSANT.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STACY AND
VANSANT.
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.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3725 8233 3734 8201 3730 8194 3722 8195
3710 8234
$$
052 follow-up statements
000
WGUS71 KRLX 142316
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
716 PM EDT SAT JUL 14 2012
VAC027-051-150100-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120715T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DICKENSON VA-BUCHANAN VA-
716 PM EDT SAT JUL 14 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL BUCHANAN AND NORTHEASTERN DICKENSON COUNTIES...
AT 705 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
MAINLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS OVER THE WARNED AREA. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED SOME AREAS AROUND HAYSI HAVE
RECEIVED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE NO
REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SO FAR...THE THREAT OF MORE
STORMS CONTINUES THOUGH 9 PM. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING
CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GRUNDY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3725 8233 3734 8201 3730 8194 3722 8195
3710 8234
$$
05806
WGUS71 KRLX 150004
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
804 PM EDT SAT JUL 14 2012
VAC027-051-150010-
/O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120715T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DICKENSON VA-BUCHANAN VA-
804 PM EDT SAT JUL 14 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL BUCHANAN
AND NORTHEASTERN DICKENSON COUNTIES...
HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED. AS A RESULT THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
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 3725 8233 3734 8201 3730 8194 3722 8195
3710 8234
$$
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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.