Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2007, 8:44 PM EDT for Braxton 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
- Aug 16, 2007, 8:44 PM EDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2007, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Flood severity
- None
County Braxton County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 622 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2274 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KRLX 170048
FFWRLX
WVC007-170345-
/X.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0002.070817T0044Z-070817T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
844 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BRAXTON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
* AT 842 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LITTLE
BIRCH RIVER...RAMP RUN AND CANFIELD.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN
AROUND...DONT DROWN.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
CHARLESTON.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3871 8069 3854 8069 3853 8075 3856 8079
3853 8085 3853 8089 3857 8092 3871 8092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 180DEG 0KT 3862 8081
$$
152 follow-up statements
000
WGUS71 KRLX 170146
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
945 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
WVC007-170345-
/X.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070817T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BRAXTON WV-
945 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR
BRAXTON COUNTY...
AT 942 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE
SOUTHERN BRAXTON COUNTY.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LITTLE BIRCH
RIVER...RAMP RUN AND CANFIELD.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN
AROUND...DONT DROWN.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3871 8069 3854 8069 3853 8075 3856 8079
3853 8085 3853 8089 3857 8092 3871 8092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 180DEG 0KT 3862 8081
$$
15000
WGUS71 KRLX 170235
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1035 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
WVC007-170245-
/X.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070817T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BRAXTON WV-
1035 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BRAXTON COUNTY...
IS CANCELLED...
HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AS A RESULT THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED
THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...BUT STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD REMAIN INSIDE
THEIR BANKS.
TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3871 8069 3854 8069 3853 8075 3856 8079
3853 8085 3853 8089 3857 8092 3871 8092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 180DEG 0KT 3862 8081
$$
15The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 22 min |
| Aug 16, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Randolph | 23 min |
| Aug 16, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison, Lewis, Upshur | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 10:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 24 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007
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.