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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2014, 11:43 PM EDT for Buchanan County, 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
- Jun 11, 2014, 11:43 PM EDT (03:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2014, 2:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Buchanan County, VA
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 12:30 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ese Hurley, VA | HIGH WATER AND MUD SLIDE ALONG STATE ROUTE 649 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 47 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 397 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1344 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
697
WGUS51 KRLX 120343
FFWRLX
VAC027-120645-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0018.140612T0343Z-140612T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1143 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BUCHANAN COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...GRUNDY...DAVENPORT...
* UNTIL 245 AM EDT
* AT 1137 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STACY...
ROSEANN...OAKWOOD...VANSANT AND HURLEY.
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.
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.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
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 3703 8213 3712 8216 3742 8209 3747 8208
3752 8198 3749 8197 3747 8200 3745 8196
3740 8195 3720 8194 3711 8198 3710 8201
3706 8202
$$
05What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Jun 11, 10:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 10:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1042 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGS UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT CROSSES FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE TO START THE WEEKEND. WARM FRONT MOVES THROUGH SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... UPDATE... MOISTURE KEEPS PUMPING IN FROM THE SOUTH WITH PLENTY OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES TO KEEP THE ACTIVITY GOING WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY WITHOUT CEASING. CONVECTION IS RELATIVELY WEAK AT THE MOMENT...AND HAVE SHIFTED ATTENTION TO POSSIBLE WATER ISSUES. SEEM TO BE GETTING ENOUGH BREAKS FOR NOW HOWEVER...SO THINK A FLOODING THREAT IS LOW. STILL...TRAINING CELLS CAN BECOME PROBLEMATIC OF COURSE. HAVE BUMPED UP THE LIKELY POP COVERAGE AND EXTENDED IT FURTHER INTO THE NIGHT TIME PERIOD. ALSO ADJUSTED SOME OF THE OVERNIGHT LOWS UP A DEGREE OR TWO ACROSS THE AREA. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...AND ASSOCIATED UPPER TROUGH MOVING INTO THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PW VALUES OBSERVED ACROSS THE REGION ARE AROUND 1.25 TO 1.50 INCHES ATTM. STORMS ARE FIRING WITH HEATING ALONG LEFT OVER BOUNDARIES FROM YESTERDAYS STORMS. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AS WELL THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCING HAIL...WIND AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. MUCH OF THE CWA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK...AS WELL AS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL POTENTIAL. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. A WEAK TROF IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE REGION DURING THE DAY TOMORROW WILL KEEP THE CHANCES FOR CONVECTION GOING. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE AREA BY THURSDAY NIGHT...BUT A NEW SYSTEM WITH A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA LEADING TO MORE CONVECTION. FAIRLY UNSTABLE...BUT LIGHT FLOW SO NOT REALLY CONCERNED WITH SEVERE BUT WATER COULD BE AN ISSUE. CLEARING OUT ON FRIDAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR DRY WEATHER SAT...ALTHOUGH THE GFS SHOWS THE RETURN OF MOISTURE FROM THE SW WITH THE FRONT PIVOTING AND RETURNING AS A WARM FRONT LATE IN THE DAY. TEMPERATURES FOLLOWED GUIDANCE SO THEY WERE NOT ADJUSTED MUCH. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. CHANCES OF PRECIP WILL INCREASE A BIT MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS A LOW APPROACHES. TIMING AND CHANCES ARE SOMEWHAT QUESTIONABLE THIS FAR OUT WITH SOME MODEL DISAGREEMENT. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .AVIATION /03Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... LOW CONFIDENCE AVIATION FORECAST THIS EVENING. EXPECT SOME AMENDMENTS HERE AND THERE. STRONGER CONVECTION ON THE WANE...BUT AS EXPLAINED IN THE NEAR TERM UPDATE ABOVE...HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR AN INCREASE IN CONVECTION AFTER 00Z WITH ACTIVITY MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH. WITH THE LOW CONFIDENCE...DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE THE AVIATION COMMUNITY HANGING WITH TSRA ALL OVER THE PLACE...SO AM KIND OF FORCED TO GO WITH THE VCTS AT TIMES WITH SHRA LATER THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT. THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THE FOG POTENTIAL. LOOKING AT FORECAST SOUNDINGS...SEE MORE OF A STRATOCUMULUS DECK IN PLACE WHICH WOULD IDEALLY LIMIT FOG...BUT WITH RAIN TODAY AT ALL TAF SITES OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS...NOT SURE RESTRICTIONS WILL BE NIL. RELYING ON LAMP GUIDANCE FOR THE VISIBILITIES TONIGHT...WHICH SHOW SOME DISCIPLINE AND DO NOT TAKE THE SITES INTO THE DIRT...AND ARE SELECTIVELY GIVING IFR. MUCH HAPPINESS WI HEN THE GUIDANCE CAN GIVE A LITTLE COOPERATION IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS. EXPECT MORE CONVECTION THURSDAY. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: LOW TO MEDIUM. ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: CONVECTION MATERIALIZATION AND TIMING COULD VARY. MIST/FOG COULD BE MORE DENSE THAN FORECAST. AMENDMENTS LIKELY. EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION: H = HIGH: TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL. M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS. L = LOW: TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL. DATE THU 06/12/14 UTC 1HRLY 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 EDT 1HRLY 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 CRW CONSISTENCY H H M M M M H L L L L H HTS CONSISTENCY H H H M M M M H L L H H BKW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H M M H H H H EKN CONSISTENCY H H M M M H H L L L L H PKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H M M M M H H H CKB CONSISTENCY M M M M M M M M M M M M AFTER 00Z FRIDAY... IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN ROUNDS OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS INTO FRIDAY...WITH POSSIBLE LOCAL FOG 06Z TO 12Z LATE AT NIGHT/EARLY MORNING. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JS/LS NEAR TERM...JS/26 SHORT TERM...LS LONG TERM...LS AVIATION...26
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 7:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 757 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-130000- 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- 757 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 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, Jun 11, 7:07 PM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
707 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0525 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 ENE LOST CREEK 39.19N 80.26W
06/11/2014 HARRISON WV 911 CALL CENTER
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 57
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1401026
ARBSpecial weather statement, Jun 11, 7:14 PM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
714 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014
OHZ086-WVZ007-112330-
GALLIA OH-MASON WV-
714 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR WESTERN MASON AND SOUTHERN GALLIA
COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...
AT 709 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST
OF PROCTORVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR GALLOPOLIS FERRY AROUND 730 PM.
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 3884 8229 3878 8205 3859 8222 3860 8227
3858 8229 3858 8231 3859 8234
25Local storm report, Jun 11, 7:22 PM EDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
722 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM HAIL HODGESVILLE 39.07N 80.20W
06/11/2014 E0.88 INCH UPSHUR WV BROADCAST MEDIA
DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED TO MEDIA IN
HODGESVILLE
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1401027
ARBLocal storm report, Jun 11, 7:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
754 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM TSTM WND DMG CLARKSBURG 39.28N 80.33W
06/11/2014 HARRISON WV BROADCAST MEDIA
TREE DOWN ON WINDING WAY
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1401028
ARBLocal storm report, Jun 11, 7:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
756 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0509 PM TSTM WND DMG SALEM 39.28N 80.57W
06/11/2014 HARRISON WV BROADCAST MEDIA
TREE BLOCKING FORD STREET IN SALEM
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1401029
ARBSpecial weather statement, Jun 11, 8:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 823 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014 OHZ075-085-120100- ATHENS OH-MEIGS OH- 823 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHERN MEIGS AND CENTRAL ATHENS COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 819 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF RUTLAND...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR ALBANY AROUND 830 PM...ATHENS AROUND 850 PM AND THE PLAINS AROUND 900 PM. 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 3946 8219 3940 8191 3906 8210 3908 8223 05
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 19 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.