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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2013, 4:38 AM EDT for Wirt County, Wood County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 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
- Aug 13, 2013, 4:38 AM EDT (08:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2013, 7:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 6:16 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Se Mineralwells, WV | DRY RUN ROAD COMPLETELY COVERED IN WATER AND IMPASSABLE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1408 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
285
WGUS51 KRLX 130838
FFWRLX
WVC105-107-131130-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0049.130813T0838Z-130813T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
438 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL WIRT COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL WOOD COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 730 AM EDT
* AT 435 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL IN THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WASHINGTON...MINERALWELLS AND LUBECK
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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...800-401-9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
YOU MAY ALSO REPORT HIGH WATER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.
&&
LAT...LON 3917 8130 3917 8132 3916 8131 3914 8133
3912 8130 3909 8174 3922 8173 3922 8170
3924 8169 3927 8131
$$
151 follow-up statement
142
WGUS71 KRLX 131010
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
610 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013
WVC105-107-131021-
/O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-130813T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WIRT WV-WOOD WV-
610 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL WOOD AND
NORTH CENTRAL WIRT COUNTIES...
HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AS A RESULT THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED
THE NEXT OR SO BUT STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD REMAIN INSIDE THEIR
BANKS.
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...800-401-9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
YOU MAY ALSO REPORT HIGH WATER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.
LAT...LON 3917 8130 3917 8132 3916 8131 3914 8133
3912 8130 3909 8174 3922 8173 3922 8170
3924 8169 3927 8131
$$
15The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 12:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 12:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison, Taylor | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 9:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 104 min |
| Aug 13, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 2 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.