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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2021, 3:34 PM EDT for Boone County, Raleigh County, West Virginia. It was in force for 95 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, 3:34 PM EDT (19:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2021, 5:09 PM EDT
- In force
- 95 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Boone County, WV, Raleigh County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 201 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.
839
WGUS51 KRLX 091934
FFWRLX
WVC005-081-092245-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0014.210609T1934Z-210609T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
334 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Boone County in central West Virginia...
Northwestern Raleigh County in southeastern West Virginia...
* Until 645 PM EDT.
* At 334 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...
Bald Knob, Wharton, Whitesville, Stickney and Naoma.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report Severe Weather to the National Weather Service by
calling toll free, 800 401 9535, when you can do so safely. You may
also report severe weather by posting your report to the Charleston
West Virginia National Weather Service Facebook Page, or by using
the Twitter Hashtag, NWSRLX.
&&
LAT...LON 3785 8157 3787 8173 3794 8178 3798 8162
3801 8151 3799 8150 3786 8147
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
JZ1 follow-up statement
998
WGUS71 KRLX 092109
FFSRLX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
509 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021
WVC005-081-092119-
/O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210609T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Boone WV-Raleigh WV-
509 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN BOONE AND
NORTHWESTERN RALEIGH COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures, if any. If
you see high water, turn around, don't drown.
LAT...LON 3785 8157 3787 8173 3794 8178 3798 8162
3801 8151 3799 8150 3786 8147
$$
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, 2:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha | 55 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 |
Nearby
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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.