Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 2012, 5:04 PM EDT for McDowell County, Wyoming County, West Virginia; Buchanan County, Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 reports 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
- Jul 31, 2012, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Buchanan County, VA, McDowell County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 6:10 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 N Hurley, VA | GUESSES FORK ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER FLOWING OVER IT IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. |
| Jul 31, 6:10 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Hurley, VA | WIDESPREAD FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE TOWN OF HURLEY AND GUESS FORK AREA. |
| Jul 31, 6:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Avondale, WV | WATER REPORTED OVER A COUNTY ROAD WITH PART OF THE ROAD WASHED AWAY. |
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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 384 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 804 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
776
WGUS51 KRLX 312104
FFWRLX
VAC027-WVC047-109-010000-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0029.120731T2104Z-120801T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
504 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL BUCHANAN COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WELCH...
SOUTHERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 457 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM VERY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED
AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HANOVER AND
NORTHFORK
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.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3738 8218 3751 8202 3753 8195 3751 8194
3751 8193 3755 8186 3756 8185 3759 8179
3750 8130 3735 8138
$$
053 follow-up statements
886
WGUS71 KRLX 312158
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
558 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012
VAC027-WVC047-109-010000-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120801T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUCHANAN VA-MCDOWELL WV-WYOMING WV-
558 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN WYOMING...NORTHERN MCDOWELL AND NORTH CENTRAL BUCHANAN
COUNTIES...
AT 549 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING
OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES UP TO 3 INCHES WERE
INDICATED WITHIN PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA OVER THE LAST 2 HOURS. THE
HARDEST HIT AREA IS EXTREME NORTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN VIRGINIA
WHERE RAINFALL ESTIMATES UP TO 5 INCHES OVER THE LAST 2 HOURS WERE
INDICATED. THE RAINS WILL CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT HOUR...AND
ALTHOUGH NO REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SO FAR...FLOODING IS VERY
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HANOVER
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3738 8218 3751 8202 3753 8195 3751 8194
3751 8193 3755 8186 3756 8185 3759 8179
3750 8130 3735 8138
$$
05699
WGUS71 KRLX 312330
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
730 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012
VAC027-WVC047-109-010000-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120801T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUCHANAN VA-MCDOWELL WV-WYOMING WV-
730 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN WYOMING...NORTHERN MCDOWELL AND NORTH CENTRAL BUCHANAN
COUNTIES...
AT 720 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS
REPORTED AROUND HURLEY IN BUCHANAN COUNTY AND AROUND AVONDALE IN
MCDOWELL COUNTY...WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES GENERALLY 2 TO 5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAD FALLEN SO FAR. THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED...BUT LIGHT TO
MODERATE SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THRU 8 PM.
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.
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 3738 8218 3751 8202 3753 8195 3751 8194
3751 8193 3755 8186 3756 8185 3759 8179
3750 8130 3735 8138
$$
05065
WGUS71 KRLX 312358
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
758 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012
VAC027-WVC047-109-010001-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120801T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUCHANAN VA-MCDOWELL WV-WYOMING WV-
758 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
WYOMING...NORTHERN MCDOWELL AND NORTH CENTRAL BUCHANAN COUNTIES...
HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN
EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH
THE HEAVY RAINS THAT FELL EARLIER...BUT WITH STREAMS AND CREEKS
SLOWLY RECEDING...CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE THIS EVENING AS THE
RAIN ENDS. NEVERTHELESS..PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS
OF HIGH WATER THIS EVENING.
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3738 8218 3751 8202 3753 8195 3751 8194
3751 8193 3755 8186 3756 8185 3759 8179
3750 8130 3735 8138
$$
05The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 35 min |
| Jul 30, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 45 min |
| Jul 30, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 42 min |
| Jul 31, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph | 60 min |
| Jul 31, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 49 min |
| Jul 31, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh | 59 min |
| Jul 31, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas | 67 min |
| Jul 31, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 28 min |
| Jul 31, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 47 min |
| Jul 31, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 57 min |
| Jul 31, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 23 min |
| Jul 31, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 32 min |
| Jul 31, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Kanawha | 43 min |
| Jul 31, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 46 min |
| Jul 31, 5:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh | 113 min |
| Jul 31, 5:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Nicholas, Webster | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 28 min |
| Jul 31, 7:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 111 min |
| Jul 31, 7:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 2 hr |
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.