Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2021, 5:17 PM EDT for Webster County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2021, 5:17 PM EDT (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2021, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Webster County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 5:33 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Cowen, WV | FLOODING REPORTED ALONG WILLIAMS RIVER ROAD IN COWEN. HIGH WATER IS STILL COVERING THE ROAD AND IT IS CLOSED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.
803
WGUS51 KRLX 102117
FFWRLX
WVC101-110015-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0025.210610T2117Z-210611T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
517 PM EDT Thu Jun 10 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
West Central Webster County in northeastern West Virginia...
* Until 815 PM EDT.
* At 517 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of
rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 3 inches in 1
hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are
possible in the warned area. 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...
Cowen and Upper Glade.
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 3844 8050 3840 8040 3835 8057 3839 8059
3842 8058
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-6 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
JZ2 follow-up statements
958
WGUS51 KRLX 110006
FFWRLX
WVC101-110115-
/O.EXT.KRLX.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-210611T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
806 PM EDT Thu Jun 10 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
West Central Webster County in northeastern West Virginia...
* Until 915 PM EDT.
* At 806 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2 inches of
rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Cowen and Upper Glade.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
Please report Severe Weather to the National Weather Service by
calling toll free, 800 401 9535, when you can do so safely. You may
also report severe weather by posting your report to the Charleston
West Virginia National Weather Service Facebook Page, or by using
the Twitter Hashtag, NWSRLX.
&&
LAT...LON 3844 8050 3840 8040 3835 8057 3839 8059
3842 8058
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
JZ778
WGUS71 KRLX 110112
FFSRLX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
912 PM EDT Thu Jun 10 2021
WVC101-110122-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-210611T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Webster WV-
912 PM EDT Thu Jun 10 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
WEST CENTRAL WEBSTER 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 3844 8050 3840 8040 3835 8057 3839 8059
3842 8058
$$
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, 4:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.