Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT for Marion County, West Virginia. It was in force for 72 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2021, 8:12 PM EDT
- In force
- 72 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Marion County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
683
WGUS51 KPBZ 142300
FFWPBZ
WVC049-150100-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.FF.W.0007.210614T2300Z-210615T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
700 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Marion County in northern West Virginia...
* Until 900 PM EDT.
* At 700 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain
has fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Fairmont, Pleasant Valley, Winfield, Barrackville, Rivesville,
Grant Town, Farmington and Baxter.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
&&
LAT...LON 3945 8014 3946 8019 3952 8026 3957 8019
3955 8011 3948 8008
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$1 follow-up statement
607
WGUS71 KPBZ 150012
FFSPBZ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
812 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
WVC049-150022-
/O.CAN.KPBZ.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210615T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Marion WV-
812 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL MARION COUNTY...
Flood waters have receded. The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining
road closures.
LAT...LON 3945 8014 3946 8019 3952 8026 3957 8019
3955 8011 3948 8008
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marshall | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 16 min |
| Jun 14, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 28 min |
| Jun 14, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Wetzel | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 6:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 111 min |
| Jun 14, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Wetzel | 22 min |
| Jun 14, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 39 min |
| Jun 14, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 32 min |
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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.