Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Mar 2, 2012, 8:16 PM EST for 9 counties in West Virginia; Lawrence County, Kentucky. It was in force for 119 min. 6 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 8:16 PM EST (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 10:15 PM EST
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lawrence County, KY, Boone County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Wayne County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 8:20 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Logan, WV | WATER OVER ROADS OUTSIDE OF CHAPMANVILLE. |
| Mar 2, 8:30 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ssw South Charleston, WV | MULTIPLE FLOODED ROADS. REPORTS OF ROAD FLOODING IN SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS N KANAWHA CITY... CHARLESTON... SOUTH CHARLESTON... CLENDENIN... AND CAMPELLS CREEK. |
| Mar 2, 8:30 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Danville, WV | 2 HIGH WATER REPORTS... IN DANVILLE AND IN 6 MILE. |
| Mar 2, 8:40 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Griffithsville, WV | SEVERAL AREAS FLOODED ALONG ROUTE 3 AND 214. 10-15 WATER RESCUES IN DUVALL... GRIFFTHSVILLE... YAWKEY... MCCORKLE AND ALUM CREEK. OTHER SECONDARY ROADS WERE FLOODED IN SPOTS. |
| Mar 2, 8:45 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Griffithsville, WV | FLOODING ALONG COBB CR... JOES CR... STRAIGHT FK AND OTHER SMALL CREEKS IN THE NE PORTION OF LINCOLN CO. AN AMBULANCE AND FIRE HOUSE HAD WAS AFFECTED BY WATER. APPROX 60 PLUS HOMES OR BUIDINGS WERE AFFECTED BY WATER. 12 WATER RESCUES IN THE AREA OF THE COUNTY. |
| Mar 2, 8:50 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Dunlow, WV | ROUTE 152 ON EITHER SIDE OF DUNLOW AND OTHER AREAS ALONG THE WEST FORK OF TWELVEPOLE CK WERE FLOODED AND IMPASSIBLE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 100 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
432
WGUS51 KRLX 030116
FFWRLX
KYC127-WVC005-011-039-043-045-059-079-081-099-030315-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0003.120303T0116Z-120303T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
816 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOUISA...
BOONE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MADISON...
SOUTH CENTRAL CABELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAMLIN...
LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOGAN...
NORTHWESTERN MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN RALEIGH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM EST
* AT 813 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PRATT...
MARMET...GLASGOW...EAST BANK...COAL FORK...CHESAPEAKE...CEDAR
GROVE...BELLE...GRIFFITHSVILLE AND ALUM CREEK
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3813 8263 3834 8212 3833 8182 3833 8146
3827 8130 3799 8138 3778 8183 3771 8231
3778 8234
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 7:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 7:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Kanawha, Lewis and 4 more | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 7:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 7:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 7:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Nicholas, Roane | 16 min |
| Mar 2, 7:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 8:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 8:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 8:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 8:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 45 min |
| Mar 2, 8:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mingo | 52 min |
| Mar 2, 8:56 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 2, 8:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 9:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Mingo, Wyoming | 49 min |
| Mar 2, 9:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 60 min |
| Mar 2, 10:28 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo and 4 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2012Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012
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.