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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Charleston, WV

September 6, 2014Barbour County, Harrison County, Taylor County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Sep 6, 2014, 6:31 PM EDT for Barbour County, Harrison County, Taylor 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: Sep 6, 2014, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired: Sep 6, 2014, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Barbour County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Taylor County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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
Sep 6, 7:10 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 S Nestorville, WV	RT 92 COVERED WITH 4-6 INCHES OF SWIFT-MOVING WATER. SEVERAL STREAMS OUT OF BANKS. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT.

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 39 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1242 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

296 
WGUS51 KRLX 062231
FFWRLX
WVC001-033-091-070130-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0049.140906T2231Z-140907T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
631 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PHILIPPI...
  EAST CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 627 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM REPETITIVE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROSEMONT...
  MOATSVILLE...GALLOWAY...NESTORVILLE AND FLEMINGTON.

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.

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.

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 3911 7982 3909 7985 3907 7986
      3906 7987 3918 8026 3929 8024 3927 7985
      3925 7984 3925 7982 3923 7980

$$

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2 follow-up statements

365 
WGUS71 KRLX 062344
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
744 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

WVC001-033-091-070130-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140907T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARRISON WV-BARBOUR WV-TAYLOR WV-
744 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR
TAYLOR...NORTHERN BARBOUR AND EAST CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTIES...

AT 730 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT ROUGHLY FOUR TO SIX INCHES 
OF FAST MOVING WATER WAS COVERING ROUTE 92 SOUTH OF 
NESTORVILLE...ALONG WITH SEVERAL STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN THAT 
GENERAL AREA.   

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROSEMONT...
MOATSVILLE...GALLOWAY...NESTORVILLE AND FLEMINGTON.

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.

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.

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 3914 7983 3911 7982 3909 7985 3907 7986
      3906 7987 3918 8026 3929 8024 3927 7985
      3925 7984 3925 7982 3923 7980

$$

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076 
WGUS71 KRLX 070130
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
930 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

WVC001-033-091-070136-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140907T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARRISON WV-BARBOUR WV-TAYLOR WV-
930 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM EDT FOR TAYLOR...
NORTHERN BARBOUR AND EAST CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTIES...

THOUGH A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS REMAIN POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR 
TWO...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 NO LONGER POSE A FLASH FLOOD 
THREAT.

LAT...LON 3914 7983 3911 7982 3909 7985 3907 7986
      3906 7987 3918 8026 3929 8024 3927 7985
      3925 7984 3925 7982 3923 7980

$$

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What 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 Sep 6, 4:31 PM EDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 4:31 PM EDT, 2 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
431 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THIS EVENING. FRONT SLOWS DOWN AS IT CREEPS
SOUTH OF AREA SUNDAY. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE SUNDAY AFTERNOON GRADUALLY
MOVES AWAY MONDAY AND TUESDAY. COLD FRONT THURSDAY NIGHT.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
20Z SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW A COLD FRONT WIND SHIFT ALONG THE OH
RIVER. CONVECTION AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY.
ADJUSTED CATEGORICAL POPS PER LATEST RADAR TRENDS.

COOLING SHOWERS HAVE DECREASED AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ALONG THEIR
PATH.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION BELOW...
AT 18Z APPEARS TO BE ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. CONVECTION HAS FIRE UP
OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AS EXPECTED. FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL
CONTINUE TO SAG SOUTHWARD TODAY...EVENTUALLY SLOWING DOWN AS IT
REACHES SOUTHERN ZONES...BUT PROGGED TO PASS SOUTH OF THE CWA BY
LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY. DRIER AIR WILL GRADUALLY FILTER IN
BEHIND THE FRONT FOR SUNDAY...WITH DEW POINTS POSSIBLY GETTING
DOWN INTO THE LOWER 50S ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO AND ADJACENT WV/ERN
KY COUNTIES BY SUNDAY EVENING. STILL LOOKING LIKE PLENTY OF
STRATUS WILL DEVELOP/LINGER ACROSS SOUTHERN HALF OF CWA
TONIGHT...WITH SOME CLEARING ACROSS THE NORTH...I.E. SOUTHEAST
OHIO ZONES. COULD BE SOME PATCHY FOG DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE
NORTH...BUT BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS SHOULD REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH TO
PREVENT MUCH FORMATION.

DRIER WEATHER EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY. DID ELECT TO LEAVE A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN TOMORROW ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTH DURING
DAYTIME HEATING HOURS WHERE GREATER MOISTURE WILL EXIST.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
HIGH PRESSURE SITS WELL NE OF THE AREA WHILE A WARM WAVE TRACKS NEWD
ALONG THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST...WELL SE OF THE AREA THIS PERIOD.
THIS LEAVES FCST AREA IN LIGHT SE SFC FLOW.  THE FRONT CROSSING THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...LIKE ITS PREDECESSOR...DOES NOT
GET THAT FAR S OF THE AREA...ALLOWING DEW POINTS TO RECOVER THIS
PERIOD.  WITH WEAK UPPER LEVEL S/W TROUGHS PASSING EACH DAY IN
OTHERWISE NEAR WEAK ZONAL SOUTHERN STREAM FLOW...EXPECT DIURNAL
CONVECTION AGAIN...MAINLY ACROSS THE S AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

EMPLOYED A BIAS CORRECTED BLEND FOR LOWS SUN NT AND THEN LITTLE IF
ANY CHANGES TO TEMPERATURES BEYOND THAT...AS THE PREVIOUS FCST SPLIT
MOST DIFFERENCES AMONG THE LATEST GUIDANCE.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
IT APPEARS THE LATE SUMMER PATTERN WILL BE TRANSITIONING TO ONE MORE
TYPICAL OF AUTUMN...DRY WITH COLD FRONTS EVERY SEVERAL DAYS.

THE COLD FRONT LEADING THE CHARGE IS DRIVEN INITIALLY BY A LEAD S/W
TROUGH OVER THE MIDWEST MIDWEEK.  BY THIS TIME...THE UPPER LEVEL
FLOW BECOMES MUCH MORE EVENLY SPLIT BETWEEN THE SRN AND NRN
STREAMS...THE FORMER ACROSS THE NRN CONUS...THE LATTER ALL THE WAY
UP ACROSS NRN CANADA.  12Z MODELS SEEM TO HAVE COME CLOSER TOGETHER
ON BEHAVIOR ON THE LEAD S/W AND A STRONGER...TRAILING S/W WHICH
CLOSES OFF.  THE TIMING OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE SEEMS TO HAVE
CONVERGED ON THU NT AS A RESULT...SO ASSOCIATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE MORE LIKELY ON THU VS WED.  SPC HAS SLIGHT RISK
JUST UPSTREAM ON WED.

THE CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM REPRESENTING THE FIRST AUTUMN AIR
MASS IN THE PATTERN TRANSITION PLUMMETING INTO THE CONUS...IS
RATHER LARGE...AND WILL KEEP THE DRY...COOLER WEATHER...ONCE IT GETS
HERE...GOING THROUGH THE BALANCE OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD.

USED WPC AND BIAS CORRECTED ECMWFHIRES BEGINNING AND END OF PERIOD.
PREVIOUS LOOKED GOOD IN BETWEEN.  BASICALLY SPLIT THE GUIDANCE IN
THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...WITH QUESTION AS TO HOW MUCH OF A PUSH OF
THE COOLER...DRIER AIR THERE WILL BE IN THE WAKE OF THE FIRST
S/W...VS HOW MUCH OF IT WAITS UNTIL THE PASSAGE OF THE SECOND.

&&

.AVIATION /21Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
SCATTERED CONVECTION HAS FIRED UP...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
AROUND 03-06Z AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...WHICH AT 18Z WAS
LOCATED NEAR THE OHIO RIVER. EXPECT BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS IN
VICINITY OF STORMS.

AFTER 02Z...EXPECT WIDESPREAD MVFR/IFR STRATUS TO
DEVELOP...PARTICULARLY ACROSS WV...EASTERN KY...AND SOUTHWEST
VA...PRIMARILY AFFECTING SITES KCRW...KCKB...KEKN...AND KBKW...AND
PERHAPS KTS. STRATUS SHOULD LIFT AFTER 14-16Z WITH A RETURN OF VFR
CONDITIONS.

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

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD
VARY. DEVELOPMENT AND HEIGHT OF STRATUS TONIGHT COULD 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    H    H    H
HTS CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    M    M    H
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    L    M    L    M    M
EKN CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    L    L    L    L    L    L    L
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    M    M

AFTER 18Z SUNDAY...
IFR VALLEY FOG POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING..AND IN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...TRM/SL
NEAR TERM...ARJ/SL
SHORT TERM...TRM
LONG TERM...TRM
AVIATION...SL

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 6, 3:59 AM EDT, 14 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
359 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ085>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-046-
047-070800-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-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-
359 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TODAY COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. IN
ADDITION...IF SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN OVER THE
SAME AREA...FLASH FLOODING COULD OCCUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

OHZ066-067-075-076-083-084-070800-
PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-
359 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 6, 5:56 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
556 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

WVZ040-047-062230-
BARBOUR WV-RANDOLPH WV-
556 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR CENTRAL BARBOUR AND EXTREME NORTHERN
RANDOLPH COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

AT 545 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF
PHILIPPI...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
ADDITIONALLY...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 NESTORVILLE AROUND 600 PM AND MONTROSE AROUND
620 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 3905 8004 3923 8004 3924 7981 3923 7980
      3913 7983 3911 7980 3909 7978 3903 7977

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Local storm report, Sep 6, 6:12 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
612 PM EDT SAT SEP 06 2014

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

0611 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SOUTH CHARLESTON        38.36N  81.71W
09/06/2014                   KANAWHA            WV   PUBLIC

            ROCKS AND LIMBS ON MOUNTAIN ROAD...NEAR MONTROSE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1401204

JSH

Local storm report, Sep 6, 6:17 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
617 PM EDT SAT SEP 06 2014

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

0602 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SSW CHARLESTON          38.35N  81.63W
09/06/2014                   KANAWHA            WV   911 CALL CENTER

            WATER ON INTERSTATE 64 BETWEEN THE MONTROSE AND OAKWOOD
            EXITS WHERE THERE HAD BEEN A ROCK AND MUD SLIDE. HIGH
            WATER ON GARRISON AVENUE...CHANDLER DRIVE AND KANAWHA
            TURNPIKE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1401205

TRM

Local storm report, Sep 6, 6:20 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
620 PM EDT SAT SEP 06 2014

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

0602 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SOUTH CHARLESTON        38.36N  81.71W
09/06/2014                   KANAWHA            WV   911 CALL CENTER

            HIGH WATER IN THE ROCK LAKE AREA AND ON KANAWHA
            TURNPIKE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1401206

TRM

Special weather statement, Sep 6, 6:20 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
620 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

WVZ017-018-062245-
CALHOUN WV-WIRT WV-
620 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHERN WIRT AND NORTHWESTERN
CALHOUN COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 611 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 6 MILES
SOUTH OF ELIZABETH...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
ADDITIONALLY...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 CHERRY AROUND 630 PM...CRESTON AROUND 640 PM
AND MUNDAY AROUND 650 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 3904 8124 3905 8121 3903 8117 3904 8111
      3886 8111 3889 8126 3890 8125 3892 8127
      3890 8133 3892 8142 3894 8145 3893 8148
      3905 8147 3907 8127

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Local storm report, Sep 6, 6:22 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
622 PM EDT SAT SEP 06 2014

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

0602 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CHARLESTON              38.35N  81.63W
09/06/2014                   KANAWHA            WV   911 CALL CENTER

            WATER ON INTERSTATE 64 BETWEEN THE MONTROSE AND OAKWOOD
            EXITS WHERE THERE HAD BEEN A ROCK AND MUD SLIDE. HIGH
            WATER ALSO ON GARRISON AVENUE AND CHANDLER DRIVE.

&&

CORRECTED LOCATION...REMARKS

EVENT NUMBER RLX1401205

TRM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 6, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	46 min
Sep 6, 3:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Braxton, Clay	3 hr
Sep 6, 3:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Kanawha	3 hr
Sep 6, 4:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Kanawha, Roane	3 hr
Sep 6, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gilmer	31 min
Sep 6, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 1 more	30 min
Sep 6, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell	30 min
Sep 6, 5:50 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis	3 hr
Sep 6, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour	34 min
Sep 6, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wirt	25 min
Sep 6, 7:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Roane, Wirt	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2014 Every flash flood warning in 2014

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.