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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Charleston, WV

July 14, 20158 counties in West Virginia; Boyd County, Carter County, Lawrence County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2015, 2:23 AM EDT for 8 counties in West Virginia; Boyd County, Carter County, Lawrence County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr. 6 reports 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 14, 2015, 2:23 AM EDT (06:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2015, 6:15 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Boone County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:24 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 3:12 AM EDTFLASH FLOODRanger, WV9 MILE CREEK OUT OF BANKS AND OVER ROADS. ALL OTHER SECONDARY CREEKS OUT OF BANKS.
Jul 14, 3:26 AM EDTFLASH FLOODGriffithsville, WVPUBLIC REPORTS WATER IN HOMES AS WELL AS WATER SURROUNDING HOMES IN GRIFFITHSVILLE AND DUVALL
Jul 14, 3:45 AM EDTFLASH FLOODGriffithsville, WV5 FOOT DRAIN PIPE WASHED OUT. ROADS IN AREA INCLUDING LUCKY LANE IMPASSABLE
Jul 14, 4:11 AM EDTFLASH FLOODYawkey, WVBEAR FORK ROAD IS FLOODED FROM NEARBY CREEK... WATER IN 2 HOMES ALONG THE ROAD
Jul 14, 4:24 AM EDTFLASH FLOODTornado, WVHIGH WATER REPORTED OVER THOMAS HOLLOW ROAD
Jul 14, 5:27 AM EDTFLASH FLOODGriffithsville, WV5 WATER RESCUES IN THE GRIFFITHSVILLE-YAWKEY AREA... ROUTE 3 FROM SUGAR TREE TO YAWKEY CLOSED... RT 214 FROM YOWKEY TO EMS STATION

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2015-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 103 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2015-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 229 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
103 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-368 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1422 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
335 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

160 
WGUS51 KRLX 140623
FFWRLX
KYC019-043-127-WVC005-011-039-043-045-059-079-099-141015-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0049.150714T0623Z-150714T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
223 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BOYD COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  CARTER COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHERN MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  WEST CENTRAL KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHERN CABELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 615 AM EDT

* AT 221 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS 
  THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED 
  OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED AND MUCH 
  OF THIS WILL FALL AS RUNOFF. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN 
  SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  GRAYSON...MADISON...LOUISA...OLIVE HILL...WAYNE...HAMLIN...
  BLAINE...BEECH FORK STATE PARK...GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK...
  YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK...BARBOURSVILLE...CHAPMANVILLE...FORT
  GAY...RUSH...DURBIN...DENTON...KIAHSVILLE...CENTERVILLE...CHARLEY
  AND EAST LYNN LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

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 3835 8321 3840 8211 3832 8180 3799 8174
      3795 8280 3800 8295 3796 8299 3797 8301
      3799 8303 3804 8300 3811 8289 3817 8292
      3817 8298 3820 8301 3818 8305 3827 8317
      3819 8326 3821 8330 3832 8334

$$

30
1 follow-up statement
520 
WGUS71 KRLX 140835
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
435 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

KYC019-043-127-WVC005-011-039-043-045-059-079-099-141015-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-150714T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOYD KY-LAWRENCE KY-CARTER KY-PUTNAM WV-WAYNE WV-MINGO WV-LINCOLN WV-
BOONE WV-LOGAN WV-KANAWHA WV-CABELL WV-
435 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN BOYD...LAWRENCE...CARTER...SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM...WAYNE...
NORTHERN MINGO...LINCOLN...NORTHWESTERN BOONE...NORTHWESTERN LOGAN...
WEST CENTRAL KANAWHA AND SOUTHERN CABELL COUNTIES...

AT 432 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT 
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD PUSHED SOUTH.  HOWEVER...LIGHT TO MODERATE 
RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL IN THE WARNED AREA.  AS A RESULT...FLASH 
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GRAYSON...MADISON...LOUISA...OLIVE HILL...WAYNE...HAMLIN...BLAINE...
BEECH FORK STATE PARK...GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK...YATESVILLE LAKE
STATE PARK...BARBOURSVILLE...CHAPMANVILLE...FORT GAY...RUSH...
DURBIN...DENTON...KIAHSVILLE...CENTERVILLE...CHARLEY AND EAST LYNN
LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

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 3835 8321 3840 8211 3832 8180 3799 8174
      3795 8280 3800 8295 3796 8299 3797 8301
      3799 8303 3804 8300 3811 8289 3817 8292
      3817 8298 3820 8301 3818 8305 3827 8317
      3819 8326 3821 8330 3832 8334

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 1:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMason6 hr
Jul 14, 1:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoone, Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam and 1 more5 hr
Jul 14, 2:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCabell, Wayne3 hr
Jul 14, 2:48 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson3 hr
Jul 14, 3:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, McDowell and 5 more6 hr
Jul 14, 4:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMcDowell3 hr
Jul 14, 6:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo and 2 more6 hr
Jul 14, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood53 min
Jul 14, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Mason61 min
Jul 14, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell, Mason63 min
Jul 14, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Jackson, Lewis and 5 more56 min
Jul 14, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Mason, Putnam, Roane15 min
Jul 14, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Mason, Putnam, Roane54 min
Jul 14, 4:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCabell, Mason, Putnam4 hr
Jul 14, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell, Lincoln, Mason, Wayne64 min
Jul 14, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Jackson and 5 more57 min
Jul 14, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo and 2 more62 min
Jul 14, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer, Kanawha, Lewis and 5 more57 min
Jul 14, 5:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLincoln, Wayne4 hr
Jul 14, 6:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoone, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo4 hr
Jul 14, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster67 min
Jul 14, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo and 4 more55 min
Jul 14, 6:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMcDowell, Wyoming4 hr
Jul 14, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming61 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2015Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015

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.