Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Mar 15, 2012, 10:51 AM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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 15, 2012, 10:51 AM EDT (14:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:51 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 15, 1:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Gilbert Creek, WV | GILBERT CREEK AHD BING CREEK ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. |
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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
028
WGUS51 KRLX 151451
FFWRLX
WVC045-047-059-109-151645-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0007.120315T1451Z-120315T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1051 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT
* AT 1048 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OCEANA...
MAN AND MALLORY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO AN INCH
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
CHARLESTON.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3743 8194 3744 8194 3748 8200 3749 8195
3753 8195 3754 8198 3753 8205 3755 8208
3756 8212 3768 8210 3782 8173 3763 8153
3741 8192
$$3 follow-up statements
296
WGUS71 KRLX 151557
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1157 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
WVC045-047-059-109-151645-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120315T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MINGO WV-MCDOWELL WV-LOGAN WV-WYOMING WV-
1157 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN WYOMING...SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN...NORTHWESTERN MCDOWELL AND
SOUTHEASTERN MINGO COUNTIES...
AT 1154 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER
THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HINCH...
HANOVER...R.D. BAILEY LAKE...OCEANA...MAN...MALLORY AND GILBERT CREEK
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
CHARLESTON.
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3743 8194 3744 8194 3748 8200 3749 8195
3753 8195 3754 8198 3753 8205 3755 8208
3756 8212 3768 8210 3782 8173 3763 8153
3741 8192
$$551
WGUS51 KRLX 151640
FFWRLX
WVC045-047-059-109-151845-
/O.EXT.KRLX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120315T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1240 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT
* AT 1236 PM EDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM
OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HINCH...
HANOVER...R.D. BAILEY LAKE...OCEANA...MAN...MALLORY AND GILBERT
CREEK
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.
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 UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
CHARLESTON.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3743 8194 3744 8194 3748 8200 3749 8195
3753 8195 3754 8198 3753 8205 3755 8208
3756 8212 3768 8210 3782 8173 3763 8153
3741 8192
$$712
WGUS71 KRLX 151843
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
243 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
WVC045-047-059-109-151847-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120315T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MINGO WV-MCDOWELL WV-LOGAN WV-WYOMING WV-
243 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
WYOMING...SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN...NORTHWESTERN MCDOWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN
MINGO COUNTIES...
WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE WARNED AREA...LIGHT
RAIN IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. WITH THE
HEAVIEST RAIN OUT OF THE AREA...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN
EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
IN ADDITION TO THE LIGHT RAIN IN THE AREA...THUNDERSTORMS MAY
RE-DEVELOP LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND DRIFT OVER ALREADY SATURATED
SOILS. RUNOFF MAY CONTINUE TO CAUSE HIGH WATER PROBLEMS IN THE
TYPICAL LOW SPOTS IN THE TERRAIN.
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3743 8194 3744 8194 3748 8200 3749 8195
3753 8195 3754 8198 3753 8205 3755 8208
3756 8212 3768 8210 3782 8173 3763 8153
3741 8192
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 7:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 66 min |
| Mar 15, 7:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam | 32 min |
| Mar 15, 7:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 8:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo | 70 min |
| Mar 15, 9:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 9:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mason and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo | 10 hr |
| Mar 15, 11:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha, Mason, Putnam | 65 min |
| Mar 15, 11:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Putnam | 8 hr |
| Mar 15, 12:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam, Wayne | 113 min |
| Mar 15, 4:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 4 hr |
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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.