Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2012, 8:30 AM EDT for Doddridge County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 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 18, 2012, 8:30 AM EDT (12:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2012, 11:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Doddridge County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:32 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1936 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
184
WGUS51 KRLX 181230
FFWRLX
WVC017-181530-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0022.120718T1230Z-120718T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
830 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT
* AT 827 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM REPEATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THROUGH 830 AM...AND ANOTHER
INCH IS EXPECTED THROUGH 10 AM.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BLANDVILLE...NEW MILTON...AVON AND GREENWOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3920 8056 3914 8065 3914 8066 3910 8070
3912 8082 3928 8091 3929 8064
$$
102 follow-up statements
844
WGUS71 KRLX 181351
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
951 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
WVC017-181530-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120718T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DODDRIDGE WV-
951 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN DODDRIDGE COUNTY...
AT 939 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER
THE WARNED AREA. RAIN GAUGES INDICATED NEAR 1.25 INCHES PER HOUR
HAVE FALLEN FROM REPETITIVE AND SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BLANDVILLE...
NEW MILTON...AVON...SMITHBURG AND GREENWOOD...INCLUDING MEATHOUSE
FORK...TOMS FORK...ROCK RUN...AND MIDDLE ISLAND CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.20 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING
WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD.
WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN
AROUND...DONT DROWN.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3920 8056 3914 8065 3914 8066 3910 8070
3912 8082 3928 8091 3929 8064
$$
08721
WGUS71 KRLX 181537
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1137 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
WVC017-181546-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120718T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DODDRIDGE WV-
1137 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHERN DODDRIDGE
COUNTY...
HEAVY RAIN IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED. VERY LIGHT RAIN WILL DISSIPATE
BY 1140 AM. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD REMAIN HIGH...AND
EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISES.
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 3920 8056 3914 8065 3914 8066 3910 8070
3912 8082 3928 8091 3929 8064
$$
08The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 4:40 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Jackson and 12 more | 14 hr |
| Jul 18, 11:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 47 min |
| Jul 18, 12:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 12:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh | 59 min |
| Jul 18, 1:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mingo | 29 min |
| Jul 18, 1:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 87 min |
| Jul 18, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 81 min |
| Jul 18, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 53 min |
| Jul 18, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam | 65 min |
| Jul 18, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane, Wirt, Wood | 51 min |
| Jul 18, 4:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lewis | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Taylor | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wood | 66 min |
| Jul 18, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour | 56 min |
| Jul 18, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Randolph, Upshur | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wirt, Wood | 25 min |
| Jul 18, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 52 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.