Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2021, 4:38 PM EDT for Fayette 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
- Jun 10, 2021, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Fayette County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
957
WGUS51 KRLX 102038
FFWRLX
WVC019-102345-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0022.210610T2038Z-210610T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
438 PM EDT Thu Jun 10 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Fayette County in southeastern West Virginia...
* Until 745 PM EDT.
* At 438 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of
rain have 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...
mainly rural areas of Central Fayette County
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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.
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 3805 8106 3806 8106 3805 8101 3805 8097
3801 8099 3795 8102 3802 8109
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
JZ2 follow-up statements
815
WGUS71 KRLX 102304
FFSRLX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
704 PM EDT Thu Jun 10 2021
WVC019-102345-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210610T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Fayette WV-
704 PM EDT Thu Jun 10 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY...
At 704 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have
fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
mainly rural areas of Central Fayette County
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
Please report Severe Weather to the National Weather Service by
calling toll free, 800 401 9535, when you can do so safely. You may
also report severe weather by posting your report to the Charleston
West Virginia National Weather Service Facebook Page, or by using
the Twitter Hashtag, NWSRLX.
&&
LAT...LON 3805 8106 3806 8106 3805 8101 3805 8097
3801 8099 3795 8102 3802 8109
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
JZ433
WGUS71 KRLX 102343
FFSRLX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
743 PM EDT Thu Jun 10 2021
WVC019-102353-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210610T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Fayette WV-
743 PM EDT Thu Jun 10 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT Friday for
portions of northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio and West Virginia.
LAT...LON 3805 8106 3806 8106 3805 8101 3805 8097
3801 8099 3795 8102 3802 8109
$$
JZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 9:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 2:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 7:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 5 hr |
| Jun 10, 9:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more | 36 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wirt | 96 min |
| Jun 10, 1:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 91 min |
| Jun 10, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mingo | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 3:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane, Wirt, Wood | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 5:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Upshur | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 6:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Nicholas, Webster | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Nicholas | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 7:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Putnam | 3 hr |
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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.