Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 26, 2012, 6:51 PM EDT for Greenbrier County, Summers County, West Virginia. It was in force for 6 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
- Apr 26, 2012, 6:51 PM EDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Greenbrier County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 6:53 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Rainelle, WV | NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED |
| Apr 26, 7:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ese Lewisburg, WV | ROUTE 63 NEAR CALDWELL CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
| Apr 26, 7:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Nnw Lewisburg, WV | ROUTE 60 NEAR MILLER MOUNTAIN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER |
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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
668
WGUS51 KRNK 262251
FFWRNK
WVC025-089-270445-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0014.120426T2251Z-120427T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
651 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA
NORTHEASTERN SUMMERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA
* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT.
* AT 647 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO QUINWOOD...
LEONARD...DUO AND RAINELLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.
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 RELAY ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING INCLUDING MUDSLIDES...OR ROAD
CLOSURES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. DELAYED REPORTS ARE WELCOME.
&&
LAT...LON 3813 8035 3805 8026 3805 8014 3801 8002
3778 8023 3772 8044 3773 8077 3783 8092
3788 8076 3794 8081 3798 8078 3801 8079
3803 8083 3806 8082 3805 8086 3807 8089
3810 8089 3809 8071 3820 8054
$$
AMS2 follow-up statements
546
WGUS71 KRNK 270206
FFSRNK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1006 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012
WVC025-089-270445-
/O.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120427T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GREENBRIER WV-SUMMERS WV-
1006 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR
GREENBRIER AND NORTHEASTERN SUMMERS COUNTIES...
AT 956 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BEARTOWN
STATE PARK...TROUT...RORER...QUINWOOD...LEONARD...FALLING
SPRING...DUO...BINGHAM AND ANJEAN.
WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED ROUTE 60 NEAR
MILLER MOUNTAIN...ROUTE 63 NEAR CALDWELL...AND TUCKAHOE ROAD NEAR
THE ALLEGHANY TUNNEL WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER EARLIER THIS
EVENING. HOWEVER...THE RAIN HAS ENDED AND THE WATER WAS QUICKLY
RECEDING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3813 8035 3805 8026 3805 8014 3801 8002
3778 8023 3772 8044 3773 8077 3783 8092
3788 8076 3794 8081 3798 8078 3801 8079
3803 8083 3806 8082 3805 8086 3807 8089
3810 8089 3809 8071 3820 8054
$$
AMS857
WGUS71 KRNK 270446
FFSRNK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1246 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2012
WVC025-089-270456-
/O.EXP.KRNK.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120427T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GREENBRIER WV-SUMMERS WV-
1246 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GREENBRIER AND
NORTHEASTERN SUMMERS COUNTIES...
CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE RECEDING THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3813 8035 3805 8026 3805 8014 3801 8002
3778 8023 3772 8044 3773 8077 3783 8092
3788 8076 3794 8081 3798 8078 3801 8079
3803 8083 3806 8082 3805 8086 3807 8089
3810 8089 3809 8071 3820 8054
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 3:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier, Summers | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 4:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer, Monroe | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 11:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 65 min |
| Apr 26, 6:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Mercer | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 65 min |
| Apr 26, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 64 min |
| Apr 26, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 52 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.