Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 2012, 5:07 PM EDT for Fayette County, Kanawha County, Raleigh County, West Virginia. It was in force for 113 min. 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 31, 2012, 5:07 PM EDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Fayette County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Raleigh County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 42 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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.
844
WGUS51 KRLX 312107
FFWRLX
WVC019-039-081-312300-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0030.120731T2107Z-120731T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
507 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN RALEIGH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 457 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF BURNWELL...OR
15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
* THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BIRCH FORK...TENMILE FORK...CLEAR FORK...SYCAMORE CREEK...PAINT
CREEK...POWELLTON FORK...CANE FORK...CABIN CREEK...ROCKHOUSE CREEK...
RIGHT FORK SYCAMORE CREEK...FULTON CREEK...WHITE OAK CREEK...LONG
BRANCH...FIFTEENMILE FORK...MILBURN CREEK AND ARMSTRONG CREEK.
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 3799 8148 3799 8146 3802 8146 3803 8146
3805 8148 3806 8146 3807 8132 3793 8131
3793 8148
$$
131 follow-up statement
953
WGUS71 KRLX 312257
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
657 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012
WVC019-039-081-312300-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120731T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RALEIGH WV-KANAWHA WV-FAYETTE WV-
657 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT FOR EXTREME WEST
CENTRAL FAYETTE...EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL KANAWHA AND NORTHWESTERN
RALEIGH COUNTIES...
HEAVY RAIN IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
HOWEVER...LIGHT TO OCCASIONAL MODERATE SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THRU 730
PM.
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3799 8148 3799 8146 3802 8146 3803 8146
3805 8148 3806 8146 3807 8132 3793 8131
3793 8148
$$
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, 5:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| 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 |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.