Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Charleston, WV

748 
WGUS71 KRLX 050154
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
954 PM EDT THU SEP 4 2014

WVC001-097-050204-
/O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-140905T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARBOUR WV-UPSHUR WV-
954 PM EDT THU SEP 4 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN UPSHUR
AND SOUTHERN BARBOUR COUNTIES...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS HEAVY RAIN IS NO LONGER
EXPECTED. HOWEVER...EXCESS RUNOFF MAY ALLOW STREAMS AND CREEKS TO 
RISE A LITTLE BEFORE RECEDING.

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 3914 7983 3909 7984 3906 7987 3904 7987
      3897 7990 3894 8011 3904 8013 3919 7983
      3914 7982

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
326 PM EDT THU SEP 4 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES EAST WITH INCREASING MOISTURE THROUGH
FRIDAY. COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FRONT SLOWS
DOWN AS IT CREEPS SOUTH OF AREA. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
INCREASED POPS TO LIKELY PER LATEST RADAR IMAGES SHOWING SCATTERED
TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING THE
WESTERN SLOPES AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN COAL FIELDS THIS
AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES PER
HOUR. WILL CONTINUE MONITORING RADAR TRENDS LOOKING FOR REPETITIVE
SHOWERS THAT COULD PRODUCE MINOR WATER PROBLEMS. RAINFALL ACTIVITY
SHOULD DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE LATER THIS EVENING.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION BELOW...
HIGH PRESSURE...OFF TO THE EAST...HAS ALLOWED FOR WARM AND MUGGY
WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION...WITH DEW POINTS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S. SATELLITE PW ESTIMATES
AROUND 1.2 TO 1.4 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST VA...WEST VA...AND
EASTERN KY...WITH LOWER PWS OF AROUND AN INCH ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO.
WITH THE LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW...AND THE HUMID UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN
PLACE...HAVE STARTED TO SEE CONVECTION FIRE OFF...PARTICULARLY
ACROSS WV/ERN KY/SW VA. MUCH OF THIS CONVECTION SHOULD DIE OFF AFTER
SUNSET...BUT WITH THE LIGHT FLOW...AND HUMID AIRMASS IN
PLACE...EXPECT LOCALIZED DOWNPOURS. 1 HOUR FFG AT THIS POINT IS
GENERALLY 1.6 INCHES OR GREATER...SO NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT WATER
ISSUES...BUT LOCALIZED ISSUES...PARTICULARLY IN LOW LYING
SPOTS...CANNOT BE RULED OUT. MAINLY FOLLOWED THE HRRR MODEL FOR
CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON...AND INCREASED POPS FROM PREVIOUS
FORECAST.

MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY WILL WANE OVERNIGHT. COULD BE MORE FOG
FORMATION THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. THIS WILL DEPEND ON
HOW MUCH CLEARING IS ABLE TO OCCUR...AND LOCATIONS OF RAINFALL THIS
AFTERNOON. A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE CWA TONIGHT AND ON FRIDAY...WHICH COULD HELP PROVIDE
ENOUGH CLOUD COVER TO KEEP MUCH OF THE FOG FORMATION AT BAY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AGAIN ON FRIDAY
AS THE WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION...COMBINED WITH
DAYTIME HEATING. COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH THE AREA TOWARDS
THE END OF THE PERIOD...GENERALLY ACROSS NW OHIO/NORTHERN IN BY END
OF PERIOD. DUE TO THE TIMING OF THE FRONT...SEVERE IS NOT EXPECTED
ON FRIDAY...BUT HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
WE SEEM TO BE BOTTOM FEEDERS LATELY. LIFE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
WESTERLIES CONTINUES DURING THIS TIME FRAME...WITH ANOTHER FRONT
TRYING TO SINK SOUTH SATURDAY...BUT THEN STRUGGLING TO MOVE SOUTH
OF OUR FORECAST AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE MAIN "BISCUIT" ON SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY
EVENING.

BACK TO FRIDAY NIGHT. STILL WANT TO KEEP MOST OF THE LOWLANDS DRY
FOR THE EVENING HOURS. HAD THE 20 AND 30 POPS FROM THE AFTERNOON
WANING OVER THE MOUNTAIN COUNTIES 00Z TO 03Z.  HAVE CHANCE POPS
INCREASING 04Z TO 10Z SATURDAY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...AHEAD OF THE NEXT
FRONT AND APPROACHING MID LEVEL DISTURBANCES IN THE BASE OF THE
WESTERLY FLOW IN THE MIDWEST.

STILL HAVE OUR LIKELY POPS MOVING SE ACROSS CWA DURING THE 12Z
SATURDAY TO 00Z SUNDAY TIME FRAME.  COULD EASILY SEE BAND OF
CONVECTION WELL AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THEN A SMALLER BAND NEAR THE
FRONT LATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING. COULD EASILY
SEE 2000+ J/KG CAPE DEVELOP ESPECIALLY CKB-HTS ON E AND SE BY
AFTERNOON. YET...STEERING WIND FLOW FROM 12Z MODELS ABOUT 25 TO 30
KNOTS...NOT TOO FAST...NOT TOO SLOW.

DID TRY TO INCREASE MAX TEMPERATURE A BIT FROM EKN-CRW ON SE ON
SATURDAY...FIGURING THE HIGHER POPS DO NOT ARRIVE UNTIL THE AFTERNOON
HOURS.  ALSO TRIED TO HAVE THAT MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AROUND MIDDAY
SATURDAY WITH TEMPERATURES MODIFIED BY CONVECTION DURING THE MID AND
LATE AFTERNOON.

THIS FRONT EXPECTED TO CREEP THROUGH...BUT LOW LEVEL WINDS AGAIN
VEER QUICKLY FROM NORTH TO EAST...RESULTING IN HOLDING UP THE DRYING
IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ON SUNDAY.  MAIN
DRYING IN THE NORTH AND WESTERN COUNTIES. DIFFICULT TO FIGURE
WHEN...OR IF...THE CLOUDS IN THE SOUTH WILL BREAK SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
SO KEPT MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES DOWN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN WV COAL FIELDS.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
USED WPC THINKING WITH SOME TWEAKS. WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BE IN CONTROL ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
NIGHT. A WARM FRONT WILL THEN LIFT NORTH TUESDAY...WITH A COLD
FRONT PUSHING EAST ON THURSDAY.

WPC TEMPS LOOKED GOOD AND WERE GENERALLY USED.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
18Z THURSDAY THRU 18Z FRIDAY...
SCATTERED CONVECTION THROUGH 00-02Z FRIDAY. EXPECT BRIEF MVFR
CONDITIONS IN VICINITY OF STORMS.

EXPECT PATCHY IFR FOG TO DEVELOP AGAIN TONIGHT...PARTICULARLY
AFTER 06Z...IN AREAS WHERE CLEARING IS ABLE TO TAKE PLACE...AND
WHERE PRECIPITATION OCCURS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ANY FOG WILL LIFT
AFTER 13Z FOR A RETURN OF VFR CONDITIONS AREA WIDE.

CONVECTION WILL REFIRE ACROSS AREA...PARTICULARLY WV/SOUTHWEST
VA/ERN KY AGAIN AFTER 16Z FRIDAY.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING OF CONVECTION MAY VARY FROM FORECAST.
EXTENT AND DEPTH OF FOG FORMATION TONIGHT MAY VARY FROM FORECAST.

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    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    H
HTS CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
EKN CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    H
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M

AFTER 18Z FRIDAY...
IFR POSSIBLE IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY. IFR FOG
POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...JSH/KTB/SL
NEAR TERM...ARJ/SL
SHORT TERM...KTB
LONG TERM...JSH
AVIATION...SL

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
338 AM EDT THU SEP 4 2014

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-050745-
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-
338 AM EDT THU SEP 4 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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
327 PM EDT THU SEP 4 2014

WVZ024-025-042000-
LOGAN WV-MINGO WV-
327 PM EDT THU SEP 4 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN AND CENTRAL MINGO
COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

AT 321 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF
WILLIAMSON.  THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL
CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR VARNEY AROUND 400 PM.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

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 3761 8217 3762 8218 3762 8219 3770 8228
      3785 8212 3765 8195

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
423 PM EDT THU SEP 4 2014

KYZ101>103-042100-
BOYD KY-CARTER KY-GREENUP KY-
423 PM EDT THU SEP 4 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENUP...EASTERN
CARTER AND BOYD COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

AT 412 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST
OF GRAYSON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL 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.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR COALTON AROUND 430 PM...SUMMIT AROUND 440 PM
AND WESTWOOD AROUND 450 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
173 AND 189 IN KENTUCKY.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

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 3852 8267 3845 8265 3831 8263 3831 8291
      3846 8293

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
446 PM EDT THU SEP 4 2014

WVZ015-035-036-042115-
FAYETTE WV-KANAWHA WV-RALEIGH WV-
446 PM EDT THU SEP 4 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR WESTERN FAYETTE...EXTREME SOUTHERN
KANAWHA AND NORTHERN RALEIGH COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT...

AT 439 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES NORTHWEST
OF BECKLEY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL
CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR ARTIE AROUND 500 PM...AND NEAR PAX AROUND
515 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...THE WEST VIRGINIA
TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 49 AND 67.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

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 3799 8151 3798 8149 3799 8145 3801 8147
      3802 8147 3803 8146 3808 8119 3785 8115
      3783 8146

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
557 PM EDT THU SEP 04 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0520 PM     FLASH FLOOD      ARTIE                   37.93N  81.36W
09/04/2014                   RALEIGH            WV   911 CALL CENTER

            911 CENTER IN RALEIGH REPORTS THAT A TEMPORARY BRIDGE
            HAS BEEN WASHED OUT JUST NORTH OF ARTIE ON WHITE OAK
            CREEK ROAD DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. FIRE DEPARTMENT IS
            CURRENTLY ON SCENE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1401193

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
655 PM EDT THU SEP 4 2014

WVZ008-014>016-050000-
JACKSON WV-KANAWHA WV-PUTNAM WV-ROANE WV-
655 PM EDT THU SEP 4 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHWESTERN ROANE...SOUTHEASTERN
JACKSON...NORTHERN KANAWHA AND EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES IN WEST
VIRGINIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 649 PM EDT...REPETITIVE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
WERE LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF CHARLESTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
ADDITIONALLY...VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE
THUNDERSTORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY
FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 43 AND 46 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 107
AND 124 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 19.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

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 3869 8134 3842 8136 3842 8187 3863 8188

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