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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2015, 4:21 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Ohio; Cabell County, West Virginia; Boyd County, Greenup County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 10, 2015, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2015, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Boyd County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, OH, Cabell County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 6:40 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 7 Sse Greenup, KY | WATER OVER CULP CREEK RD. SOME ROAD DAMAGE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 139 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
178
WGUS51 KRLX 102021
FFWRLX
KYC019-089-OHC087-WVC011-102315-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0023.150710T2021Z-150710T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
421 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BOYD COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENUP COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTH CENTRAL CABELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 420 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ASHLAND...IRONTON...COAL GROVE...GREENBO LAKE...NAPLES...
FLATWOODS...RUSSELL...RACELAND...BELLEFONTE...WESTWOOD...ATHALIA...
GREEN BOTTOM...SCOTTOWN AND SUMMIT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
YOU MAY ALSO REPORT HIGH WATER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.
&&
LAT...LON 3852 8292 3859 8221 3854 8214 3853 8214
3850 8227 3841 8289
$$
252 follow-up statements
902
WGUS71 KRLX 102116
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
516 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015
KYC019-089-OHC087-WVC011-102315-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-150710T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOYD KY-GREENUP KY-LAWRENCE OH-CABELL WV-
516 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR
NORTHERN BOYD...SOUTHEASTERN GREENUP...SOUTHERN LAWRENCE AND NORTH
CENTRAL CABELL COUNTIES...
AT 513 PM EDT...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WERE MOVING INTO THE AREA AND
WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAINFALL. THIS WILL
EXACERBATE FLOODING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ASHLAND...IRONTON...COAL GROVE...GREENBO LAKE...NAPLES...FLATWOODS...
RUSSELL...RACELAND...BELLEFONTE...WESTWOOD...ATHALIA...GREEN
BOTTOM...SCOTTOWN AND SUMMIT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
YOU MAY ALSO REPORT HIGH WATER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.
&&
LAT...LON 3852 8292 3859 8221 3854 8214 3853 8214
3850 8227 3841 8289
$$
25475
WGUS71 KRLX 102311
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
711 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015
KYC019-089-OHC087-WVC011-102319-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-150710T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOYD KY-GREENUP KY-LAWRENCE OH-CABELL WV-
711 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN BOYD...SOUTHEASTERN
GREENUP...SOUTHERN LAWRENCE AND NORTH CENTRAL CABELL COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE STARTED TO RECEDED...AND THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. MOTORISTS SHOULD STILL USE
CAUTION AS WATER OR DEBRIS COULD STILL BE ON ROADWAYS. PLEASE
CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3852 8292 3859 8221 3854 8214 3853 8214
3850 8227 3841 8289
$$
25What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 10, 1:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
143 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
UNSETTLED AND WET PATTERN LINGERS INTO THE WEEKEND. A SERIES OF
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CROSS THE AREA UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW
NEXT WEEK...KEEPING UNSETTLED CONDITIONS EACH DAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
UNSETTLED WEATHER CONTINUES...LIKE A BROKEN RECORD THAT WONT FALL
OFF THE TURNTABLE.
FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA AT 1730Z. HIGH
PWS REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA...GENERALLY 1.6 TO 2 INCHES...ONCE
AGAIN. UPPER SHORTWAVE PUSHING EAST OUT OF THE MIDWEST...IS
HELPING TO GENERATE MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME WITH
FLOODING RAINS. FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LIFT SLIGHTLY NORTH TODAY AS
SHORTWAVE APPROACHES.
SOME FLASH FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH STORMS THAT
HAVE DEVELOPED...AND HAVE FLASH FLOOD WATCHES POSTED THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. THESE MAY BE A LITTLE LONG IN DURATION...BUT
WANTED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE DIFFERENCE IN MODEL TRENDS AND TIMING
OVERNIGHT...AND WILL LIKELY BE DROPPED SOMETIME LATE TONIGHT.
IN ADDITION...MCS ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING SHORTWAVE WILL
AFFECT AT LEAST WESTERN ZONES THIS AFTERNOON. STILL SOME
UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW FAR EAST THE SEVERE THREAT WILL BE. HAVE A
WATCH OUT FOR WESTERN/SOUTHERN ZONES UNTIL 4 PM.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BRING DRIER CONDITIONS TO THE AREA
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. THEN...MODELS BRING A SHORT WAVE
AT H500 CROSSING THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
WITH SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S...PWATS INCREASING TO
AROUND 2 INCHES MODELS BRING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF QPF OVER THE
AREA LATE SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY. THEREFORE...INCREASE POPS TO TO
HIGH CHANCE SUNDAY AND TO LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES
WILL KEEP UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH THERE
WILL BE A SLIGHT DECREASE IN MOISTURE WITH PWATS GOING BACK TO
AROUND 1.5 INCHES MONDAY NIGHT.
WITH THE WET SOIL CONDITIONS...LUSH VEGETATION...CLOUDS AND
SHOWERS... TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEASONABLE BUT ALSO HUMID. THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE A CONCERN FOR THIS PERIOD.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL
CROSS THE AREA KEEPING THE PATTERN UNSETTLED THROUGH THE REMINDER OF
THE WEEK WITH CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY.
ALLOWED CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE AREA DUE TO UNCERTAINTIES BY THE
MODELS IN THE LONG PERIOD. THEREFORE...ALLOWED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON.
WITH THE GROUNDS ALREADY SATURATED...WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE
MONITORING THE WEATHER CLOSELY EACH DAY DUE TO WATER CONCERNS.
WENT WITH WPC THINKING WITH TEMPERATURES...SKY...AND POPS THROUGH
THE PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
18Z FRIDAY THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY...
AREA OF CONVECTION APPROACHING FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON.
SHOULD AFFECT HTS TERMINAL AROUND 18-20Z...AND CRW TERMINAL
19-21Z. EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS...AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS OVER 40 KTS.
ELSEWHERE...EXPECT ON AND OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH AT
LEAST 06Z...IF NOT LATER...WITH BRIEF MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS AND
GUSTY WINDS.
EXPECT WIDESPREAD MVFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT...PARTICULARLY AFTER
03Z...WITH PARTIAL CLEARING TO VFR AFTER 14Z.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z
SATURDAY...
FORECAST CONFIDENCE: LOW.
ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING OF CONVECTION MAY VARY FROM FORECAST.
EXTENT OF MVFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT IN QUESTION.
AFTER 18Z SATURDAY...IFR POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS
SATURDAY...MAINLY ACROSS THE EAST.
&&
.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047.
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR OHZ066-067-075-
076-083>087.
KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR KYZ105.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR KYZ101>103.
VA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR VAZ003-004.
&&
SYNOPSIS...ARJ/SL
NEAR TERM...SL
SHORT TERM...ARJ
LONG TERM...JB/ARJ
AVIATION...SLHazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 11:00 AM EDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1100 AM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015 WVZ009>011-016>020-027>032-035>040-046-047-111500- WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-CLAY- BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS- WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 1100 AM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. OHZ066-067-075-076-084-111500- PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-VINTON- 1100 AM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. KYZ105-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>008-013>015-024>026-033-034-111500- LAWRENCE KY-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-LINCOLN- PUTNAM-KANAWHA-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-MCDOWELL-WYOMING- 1100 AM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 400 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. KYZ101>103-OHZ083-085>087-111500- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-JACKSON OH-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH- 1100 AM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 400 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 10, 2:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
248 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 E AMMA 38.57N 81.17W
07/10/2015 ROANE WV 911 CALL CENTER
FLOODING IN HOMES ALONG CLAY ROAD
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1501539
SLLocal storm report, Jul 10, 3:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
307 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0210 PM TSTM WND DMG BLAINE 38.03N 82.85W
07/10/2015 LAWRENCE KY 911 CALL CENTER
ONE TREE DOWN IN BLANE FROM NON-SEVERE WIND GUST...
TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1501540
MACSpecial weather statement, Jul 10, 3:22 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 322 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015 WVZ013-015-025-026-035-102000- KANAWHA-BOONE-LOGAN-LINCOLN-RALEIGH- 322 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN RALEIGH... CENTRAL LINCOLN...BOONE...NORTHEASTERN LOGAN AND SOUTHERN KANAWHA COUNTIES... AT 320 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LOGAN TO NEAR HAMLIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MADISON...LOGAN...CHESAPEAKE...BELLE...CHAPMANVILLE...WHARTON...BALD KNOB...CHIEF LOGAN STATE...JULIAN...SPURLOCKVILLE...VAN...ALUM CREEK...MOUNT GAY-SHAMROCK...DANVILLE...WHITESVILLE...WEST LOGAN... MITCHELL HEIGHTS...SYLVESTER...JEFFREY AND STICKNEY. LAT...LON 3783 8136 3823 8148 3824 8213 3783 8199 TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 270DEG 34KT 3786 8193 3822 8205 25
Local storm report, Jul 10, 3:47 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
347 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 SSW DANVILLE 37.99N 81.88W
07/10/2015 BOONE WV TRAINED SPOTTER
MULTIPLE 6 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN IN YARD ON 6 MILE ROAD
IN BOONE CITY... WINDS ESTIMATED 60-70MPH
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1501541
MACSpecial weather statement, Jul 10, 4:01 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
401 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015
WVZ008-014>016-026-027-037-102045-
CLAY-NICHOLAS-KANAWHA-BOONE-ROANE-JACKSON-PUTNAM-
401 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN ROANE...
NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM...WESTERN NICHOLAS...SOUTHWESTERN CLAY...NORTHERN
BOONE...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND KANAWHA COUNTIES...
AT 400 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM WINFIELD TO DUNBAR TO 6 MILES WEST OF MARMET. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON...NITRO...WINFIELD...JEFFERSON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...
DUNBAR...SISSONVILLE...CHESAPEAKE...ELEANOR...MARMET...BELLE...
CLENDENIN...CEDAR GROVE...POCA...EAST BANK...GLASGOW...PRATT...
GLEN...AMMA AND COAL FORK.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3875 8145 3854 8121 3824 8112 3823 8119
3825 8119 3826 8123 3822 8127 3817 8171
3836 8177 3856 8198
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 249DEG 28KT 3852 8190 3838 8175 3821 8169
TAXSpecial weather statement, Jul 10, 4:06 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
406 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015
WVZ015-026-034>036-102100-
KANAWHA-BOONE-FAYETTE-WYOMING-RALEIGH-
406 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT RALEIGH...SOUTHERN
FAYETTE...SOUTHEASTERN BOONE...NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KANAWHA COUNTIES...
AT 406 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BURNWELL TO 9 MILES EAST OF BALD KNOB TO NEAR
OCEANA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BECKLEY...FAYETTEVILLE...RAINELLE...BABCOCK STATE PARK...OAK HILL...
MULLENS...MOUNT HOPE...MABSCOTT...OCEANA...SOPHIA...SHADY SPRING...
PROSPERITY...MACARTHUR...CRAB ORCHARD...BRADLEY...STANAFORD...
BEAVER...TWIN FALLS STATE PARK...DRY CREEK AND COAL CITY.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3772 8167 3787 8151 3807 8149 3803 8080
3798 8077 3795 8081 3787 8075 3787 8081
3782 8094 3774 8092 3768 8088 3771 8098
3764 8107 3761 8106 3759 8109 3760 8114
3758 8120 3751 8122
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 283DEG 33KT 3803 8145 3786 8146 3772 8161
TAXThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 10:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more | 20 hr |
| Jul 10, 11:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Roane | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 12:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas | 37 min |
| Jul 10, 12:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Nicholas, Webster | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne | 63 min |
| Jul 10, 2:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Roane | 118 min |
| Jul 10, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan | 38 min |
| Jul 10, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha, Putnam | 44 min |
| Jul 10, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 85 min |
| Jul 10, 4:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay | 88 min |
| Jul 10, 7:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Webster | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Carter, Lawrence | 60 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.