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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Charleston, WV

August 13, 2013Wirt County, Wood County, West Virginia

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 13, 6:16 AM EDTFLASH FLOOD4 Se Mineralwells, WVDRY 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2013-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 154 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2013-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

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1 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

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 12:23 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants, Wood6 hr
Aug 13, 12:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler3 hr
Aug 13, 2:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXHarrison, Taylor6 hr
Aug 13, 3:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler3 hr
Aug 13, 9:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPleasants, Tyler104 min
Aug 13, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPleasants, Tyler2 hr

Nearby

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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.