Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2014, 9:12 PM EDT for Doddridge County, Pleasants County, Ritchie 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 28, 2014, 9:12 PM EDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2014, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Doddridge County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
235
WGUS51 KRLX 290112
FFWRLX
WVC017-073-085-290400-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0009.140529T0112Z-140529T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
912 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
PLEASANTS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN RITCHIE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
* AT 904 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE
NORTH FORK WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND ROUTE 74 WAS IMPASSABLE.
FLOODING WAS ONGOING AS OF 9 PM LOCAL TIME...WITH MANY SMALL
STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AND DITCH LINES
OVERFLOWING ONTO ROADWAYS.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HEBRON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF HALF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL THIS PAST AFTERNOON AND LIGHT
TO MODERATE RAIN ONGOING 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 3938 8101 3934 8100 3935 8098 3934 8096
3936 8095 3934 8090 3933 8089 3930 8088
3931 8086 3919 8070 3923 8114 3941 8111
$$
122 follow-up statements
569
WGUS71 KRLX 290237
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1037 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014
WVC017-073-085-290400-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140529T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PLEASANTS WV-DODDRIDGE WV-RITCHIE WV-
1037 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN RITCHIE...WESTERN DODDRIDGE AND PLEASANTS COUNTIES...
AT 1032 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE
NORTH FORK IN MOUNTAIN WAS STILL OUT OF ITS BANKS...BUT THAT ROUTE
74 WAS NO LONGER IMPASSABLE....ALTHOUGH THERE WAS STILL WATER ACROSS
THE ROAD. FLOODING WAS STILL ONGOING AS OF 1030 PM LOCAL
TIME...WITH MANY SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS STILL OUT OF THEIR
BANKS...AND DITCH LINES MAY STILL BE OVERFLOWING ONTO ROADWAYS.
THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...WITH JUST A FEW
LIGHT SHOWERS REMAINING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HEBRON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WAS CAUSING FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...800-401-9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
YOU MAY ALSO REPORT HIGH WATER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.
&&
LAT...LON 3938 8101 3934 8100 3935 8098 3934 8096
3936 8095 3934 8090 3933 8089 3930 8088
3931 8086 3919 8070 3923 8114 3941 8111
$$
12611
WGUS71 KRLX 290354
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1154 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014
WVC017-073-085-290401-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140529T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PLEASANTS WV-DODDRIDGE WV-RITCHIE WV-
1154 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN RITCHIE...WESTERN DODDRIDGE AND PLEASANTS COUNTIES...
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.
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 3938 8101 3934 8100 3935 8098 3934 8096
3936 8095 3934 8090 3933 8089 3930 8088
3931 8086 3919 8070 3923 8114 3941 8111
$$
50The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 9:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 4 hr |
| May 28, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Taylor, Tyler | 3 hr |
| May 29, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 37 min |
| May 29, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Lewis, Upshur | 55 min |
| May 29, 7:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2014Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.