Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Charleston, WV

433 
WGUS71 KRLX 240346
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1146 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2014

WVC005-039-081-240445-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140724T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RALEIGH WV-KANAWHA WV-BOONE WV-
1146 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BOONE...EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL KANAWHA AND NORTHWESTERN
RALEIGH COUNTIES...

AT 1140 PM EDT...HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OFF OF THE WARNED 
AREA. HOWEVER...RADAR INDICATED 3.00 TO 3.50 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
FALLEN. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MARSH  
FORK...CLEAR FORK...DOROTHY AND WHITESVILLE. SMALL STREAMS IN THESE 
AREAS ARE ESPECIALLY VENERABLE. 

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.

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 3794 8174 3799 8161 3804 8143 3799 8137
      3797 8138 3791 8152 3790 8168

$$

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662 
WGUS71 KRLX 240440
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1240 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2014

WVC005-039-081-240449-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140724T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RALEIGH WV-KANAWHA WV-BOONE WV-
1240 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 AM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BOONE...EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL KANAWHA AND NORTHWESTERN
RALEIGH COUNTIES...

HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. PERIODS 
OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ARE STILL EXPECTED INTO THIS AFTERNOON. 
STREAMS AND CREEKS HAVE BEGUN TO RECEDE AND NO LONGER POSE A FLASH 
FLOOD THREAT.

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 3794 8174 3799 8161 3804 8143 3799 8137
      3797 8138 3791 8152 3790 8168

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
616 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
COLD FRONT SLOWLY SINKS SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT...WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. SHORTWAVE PASSES OVER FRONT EARLY THURSDAY.
DRIER AIR BEHIND FRONT THURSDAY NIGHT.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING/...
UPDATED THE FORECAST TO BETTER REPRESENT CURRENT RADAR TRENDS FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /11 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THURSDAY NIGHT TO
PROVIDE WEAK NORTHERLY FRESH AIR THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
THEREFORE...KEPT DRY WEATHER FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT.

EXPECTING A COOLER NIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT WITH LOTS OF READINGS IN
THE 50S. CLOUDS SHOULD KEEP FRIDAY NIGHT JUST A TOUCH WARMER.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
TWO DISTINCTIVE SHORT WAVE EVIDENT IN H5 CHARTS WILL CROSS THE AREA
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...KEEPING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS AT
LEAST PARTS OF UP COMING WEEKEND. THE FIRST COMES ALONG THE BACK
SIDE OF AN UPPER TROUGH AND THE SECOND ONE IN A ZONAL FLOW ALOFT.

MODELS QPF FIELDS KEEP SATURDAY RELATIVELY DRY...AND TARGET MORE THE
SYSTEM ON SUNDAY WITH A VORTICITY MAX IN THE NORTHERN STREAM PASSING
OVER AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER OUR CWA. THE A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST EARLY MONDAY
MORNING...KEEPING THE POSSIBILITY FOR MORE PCPN.
THEREFORE...INCREASED CHANCE POPS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO LIKELIES FOR
SUNDAY...AS EXPECTED CONVECTION MOVES EAST SUNDAY NIGHT.

HIGH PRESSURE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TAKES CONTROL LATER MONDAY
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES.

USED A BLEND OF DIFFERENT GUIDANCE...WARMER SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY PER DEEP SOUTHWEST FLOW AND ASSOCIATED WARM ADVECTION...WITH
A COOLER TREND AFTER THE WEEKENDS FRONT.

&&

.AVIATION /22Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...PRIMARILY OVER THE SOUTHERN
PORTION OF THE AREA...ARE STILL EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE
AND INTENSITY TOWARDS THE MID/LATE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH THE
APPROACH OF A COLD FRONT. THIS FRONT WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS
SOUTHEAST OHIO APPROX 21Z-00Z THU...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA 00Z-
03Z...AND ALONG THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS 06Z-09Z.

CEILINGS WILL BE GENERALLY 3KFT AND ABOVE PREVALENT...WITH MVFR
CIGS AND POSSIBLE IFR VIS UNDERNEATH ANY HEAVIER SHOWER/STORM.

IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...LIKELY SHOWERS WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
A THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE
AREA AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE RIDES ALONG THE FRONT. CIGS WILL ALSO
LOWER BEHIND THE FRONT TO AT LEAST LOW/MID MVFR...WITH HIGH IFR
POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY THE INTERSTATE 79 CORRIDOR AND POINTS
EAST...AND WILL BE SLOW TO IMPROVE BY END OF THE VALID PERIOD.
MEANWHILE...CIGS SHOULD IMPROVE ACROSS SE OHIO BY THE DAWN HOURS.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: LOW.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING THE VARIOUS CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL LIKELY VARY.

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.

UTC 1HRLY       20   21   22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05   06   07
EDT 1HRLY       16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   00   01   02   03
CRW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    M    M    M    M    M    H    H    H    H
HTS CONSISTENCY  M    M    M    M    M    M    M    H    H    H    H    H
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    M    M    M    M    M    M    H    H    L
EKN CONSISTENCY  M    M    M    M    M    H    H    M    L    L    L    L
PKB CONSISTENCY  M    H    M    M    M    M    H    H    H    H    H    H
CKB CONSISTENCY  M    H    H    M    M    H    H    H    H    M    H    H

AFTER 00Z FRIDAY...
IFR CONDITIONS IN LINGERING WAVE ALONG THE FRONT OVER SOUTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA POSSIBLE INTO THURSDAY MID-AFTERNOON.

IFR POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IN ROUNDS OF CONVECTION.

&&

.EQUIPMENT...
PKB ASOS IS NOT SENDING A COMPLETE OBSERVATION. NWS TECHS ARE
WORKING ON THE PROBLEM.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...NONE.
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
VA...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...ARJ/50
NEAR TERM...RPY
SHORT TERM...ARJ
LONG TERM...ARJ
AVIATION...RPY

EQUIPMENT...KTB

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
317 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2014

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-241930-
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-
317 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST
VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM THROUGH TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
TONIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL
BE THE MAIN HAZARD.

.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.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
816 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2014

WVZ014-015-240100-
KANAWHA WV-PUTNAM WV-
816 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHERN KANAWHA AND EASTERN PUTNAM
COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

AT 814 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF
WINFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN
WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. EXPECT INTENSE
LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER
UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR SISSONVILLE AROUND 830 PM AND ELKVIEW AROUND
850 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-77 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 109 AND 116 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7
AND 16.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 3858 8179 3857 8164 3855 8163 3857 8160
      3855 8139 3842 8142 3846 8182

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
856 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2014

WVZ005-013-025-240200-
LINCOLN WV-LOGAN WV-WAYNE WV-
856 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE...SOUTHWESTERN
LINCOLN AND NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...

AT 853 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE FROM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOGAN TO 16 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LOGAN TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF INEZ...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS...AND WILL CAUSE
WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS. A QUICK ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE
EXPECTED. THERE IS ALSO INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR WILSONDALE AROUND 900 PM.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 3800 8245 3807 8202 3794 8204 3794 8218
      3796 8220 3795 8229 3793 8232 3793 8247

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
959 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2014

WVZ015-025-026-035-036-240300-
BOONE WV-FAYETTE WV-KANAWHA WV-LOGAN WV-RALEIGH WV-
959 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR CENTRAL BOONE...WESTERN FAYETTE...
EXTREME SOUTHERN KANAWHA...CENTRAL LOGAN AND NORTHWESTERN RALEIGH
COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...

AT 955 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE FROM 18 MILES WEST OF FAYETTEVILLE TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MADISON TO 11 MILES EAST OF LOGAN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS...AND WILL CAUSE
WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS. ONE TO ONE AND HALF INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR WHARTON AROUND 1010 PM AND DOROTHY
AROUND 1020 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...THE WEST VIRGINIA
TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 62 AND 66.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 3803 8120 3792 8150 3787 8171 3788 8197
      3796 8171 3804 8147

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