Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2021, 2:20 PM EDT for Clay County, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was in force for 55 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 9, 2021, 2:20 PM EDT (18:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clay County, WV, Kanawha County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
196
WGUS51 KRLX 091820
FFWRLX
WVC015-039-091915-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0012.210609T1820Z-210609T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
220 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
East Central Kanawha County in central West Virginia...
West Central Clay County in north central West Virginia...
* Until 315 PM EDT.
* At 220 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated a persistent band of very
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of
rain have fallen in less than an hour with an additional quick 1/2
to 3/4 inch possible. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to
begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.
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...
Procious.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3836 8129 3834 8132 3833 8135 3834 8139
3834 8140 3837 8142 3840 8142 3843 8140
3845 8138 3850 8130 3852 8120 3851 8118
3848 8119 3842 8124
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
HART2 follow-up statements
896
WGUS71 KRLX 091855
FFSRLX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
255 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021
WVC015-039-091915-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210609T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Clay WV-Kanawha WV-
255 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR EAST CENTRAL KANAWHA AND WEST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTIES...
At 255 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain was moving out of
the area. However, water likely remains high across the warned area
where 1 to 3 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing
or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Procious.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
&&
LAT...LON 3836 8129 3834 8132 3833 8135 3834 8139
3834 8140 3837 8142 3840 8142 3843 8140
3845 8138 3850 8130 3852 8120 3851 8118
3848 8119 3842 8124
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
HART200
WGUS71 KRLX 091911
FFSRLX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
311 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021
WVC015-039-091921-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210609T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Clay WV-Kanawha WV-
311 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
EAST CENTRAL KANAWHA AND WEST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3836 8129 3834 8132 3833 8135 3834 8139
3834 8140 3837 8142 3840 8142 3843 8140
3845 8138 3850 8130 3852 8120 3851 8118
3848 8119 3842 8124
$$
JZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 10:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Webster | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 10:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas | 24 min |
| Jun 8, 11:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 23 min |
| Jun 8, 11:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas, Webster | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 12:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 12:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 11:04 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Raleigh | 95 min |
| Jun 9, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 6:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell | 117 min |
| Jun 9, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 36 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.