Alert archive / West Virginia / Areal Flood Warnings in 2013
Areal Flood Warning 13, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this areal flood warning at Jul 13, 2013, 2:14 AM EDT for Nicholas County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2013, 2:14 AM EDT (06:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2013, 5:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Nicholas County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:20 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 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 607 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Jul 13, 1:59 AM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 1:59 AM EDT, 15 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 1:57 PM EDT, 12 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 157 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-131800- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE- CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA- ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON- GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE- NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 157 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 12, 8:16 PM EDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
816 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0815 PM FLASH FLOOD SOUTH CHARLESTON 38.36N 81.71W
07/12/2013 KANAWHA WV PUBLIC
2 FEET OF WATER OVER THE ROAD AT KANAWHA ST. FOREST
DRIVE AND AVONDALE.
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1300779
JMLocal storm report, Jul 12, 8:20 PM EDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
820 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0720 PM FLOOD CHARLESTON 38.35N 81.63W
07/12/2013 KANAWHA WV PUBLIC
1 TO 2FT OF WATER COVERING SERVICE DR IN NORTH
CHARLESTON
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1300780
JMLocal storm report, Jul 12, 8:23 PM EDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
823 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0822 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 E ALUM CREEK 38.29N 81.78W
07/12/2013 M1.25 INCH KANAWHA WV NWS EMPLOYEE
1.25INCH OF RAINFAL IN APPROX 35MIN.
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1300781
JMSpecial weather statement, Jul 12, 8:33 PM EDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
833 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
WVZ006-013-014-025-026-130035-
BOONE WV-CABELL WV-LINCOLN WV-LOGAN WV-PUTNAM WV-
833 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT LINCOLN...NORTH CENTRAL LOGAN...
SOUTHEASTERN CABELL...SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM AND WESTERN BOONE
COUNTIES...
AT 805 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM
HAMLIN TO JUST NORTH OF MADISON...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR WEST HAMLIN AROUND 830 PM.
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.
YOU MAY REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.
LAT...LON 3843 8208 3824 8181 3822 8180 3822 8184
3818 8182 3823 8178 3817 8171 3793 8196
3815 8228 3821 8228 3821 8226 3823 8226
3824 8229
50Local storm report, Jul 12, 11:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 34 min |
| Jul 12, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Wyoming | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 2 min |
| Jul 12, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 48 min |
| Jul 12, 9:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas | 5 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette | 118 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.