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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 2012, 3:14 PM EDT for Barbour County, Randolph County, West 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
- Aug 9, 2012, 3:14 PM EDT (19:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Barbour County, WV, Randolph County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 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 (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 769 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1021 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
559
WGUS51 KRLX 091914
FFWRLX
WVC001-083-092215-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0038.120809T1914Z-120809T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
314 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELKINS...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 309 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM VERY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BELINGTON
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.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3879 7994 3891 8006 3917 7983 3916 7982
3913 7983 3908 7977 3904 7977 3903 7972
3902 7972
$$
161 follow-up statement
669
WGUS71 KRLX 092115
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
515 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
WVC001-083-092118-
/O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120809T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RANDOLPH WV-BARBOUR WV-
515 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN
BARBOUR AND NORTH CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTIES...
HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AS A RESULT THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
WHILE THE RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...HIGH WATER MAY STILL
REMAIN ON LOCAL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW
LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF ROUTE 250/14 NORTH OF US
33 IN NORTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY.
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3879 7994 3891 8006 3917 7983 3916 7982
3913 7983 3908 7977 3904 7977 3903 7972
3902 7972
$$
16The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 9:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Taylor | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 11:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gilmer | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 12:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour | 23 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.