Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2014, 2:27 PM EDT for Pocahontas 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2014, 2:27 PM EDT (18:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2014, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pocahontas County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 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 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1157 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
137
WGUS51 KRLX 131827
FFWRLX
WVC075-132130-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0003.140513T1827Z-140513T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
227 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CASS SCENIC RAILROAD...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 220 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SNOWSHOE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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 3810 8034 3811 8036 3834 8035 3834 8032
3847 8012 3846 8003 3854 7988 3874 7978
3871 7973 3868 7974 3868 7971 3867 7968
3868 7968 3868 7964
$$
502 follow-up statements
977
WGUS71 KRLX 131955
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
355 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014
WVC075-132130-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140513T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
POCAHONTAS WV-
355 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR
NORTHERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY...
AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAS DISSIPATED OVER THE WARNED AREA.
HOWEVER...NEW STORMS MAY REDEVELOP THROUGH 5 PM AND PRODUCE MORE
FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING
CONTINUES.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DURBIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...800-401-9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
YOU MAY ALSO REPORT HIGH WATER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.
&&
LAT...LON 3810 8034 3811 8036 3834 8035 3834 8032
3847 8012 3846 8003 3854 7988 3874 7978
3871 7973 3868 7974 3868 7971 3867 7968
3868 7968 3868 7964
$$
05557
WGUS71 KRLX 132131
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
531 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014
WVC075-132140-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140513T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
POCAHONTAS WV-
531 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHERN POCAHONTAS
COUNTY...
HEAVY RAIN IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. STREAMS AND
CREEKS HAVE BEGUN TO RECEDE AND POSE NO ADDITIONAL 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 3810 8034 3811 8036 3834 8035 3834 8032
3847 8012 3846 8003 3854 7988 3874 7978
3871 7973 3868 7974 3868 7971 3867 7968
3868 7968 3868 7964
$$
05The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 51 min |
| May 13, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Lewis, Nicholas, Raleigh and 2 more | 2 hr |
| May 13, 5:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas | 2 hr |
| May 13, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Calhoun, Gilmer, Kanawha, Lewis and 7 more | 91 min |
| May 13, 7:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur and 1 more | 84 min |
| May 13, 7:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.