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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 2016, 4:33 PM EDT for Buchanan County, Dickenson County, Virginia. It was in force for 4 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
- May 2, 2016, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2016, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Buchanan County, VA, Dickenson County, VA
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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 239 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
- 215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
158
WGUS51 KRLX 022033
FFWRLX
VAC027-051-030030-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0010.160502T2033Z-160503T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
433 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DICKENSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
BUCHANAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 432 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...HAYSI...JOHN FLANNAGAN LAKE...BREAKS INTERSTATE...
BIG ROCK...CLINCHCO...MCCLURE...ROSEANN...VANSANT...NORA...HURLEY AND
STACY.
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 3702 8248 3713 8255 3719 8255 3723 8250
3727 8235 3753 8196 3752 8195 3746 8200
3738 8193 3735 8192 3731 8186 3729 8185
3700 8244
$$
142 follow-up statements
712
WGUS71 KRLX 022236
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
636 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
VAC027-051-030030-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160503T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DICKENSON VA-BUCHANAN VA-
636 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
DICKENSON AND BUCHANAN COUNTIES...
HEAVY RAIN HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING AS
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTED THE AREA. FLASH FLOODING
IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...HAYSI...JOHN FLANNAGAN LAKE...BREAKS INTERSTATE...BIG
ROCK...CLINCHCO...MCCLURE...ROSEANN...VANSANT...NORA...HURLEY AND STACY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.
&&
LAT...LON 3702 8248 3713 8255 3719 8255 3723 8250
3727 8235 3753 8196 3752 8195 3746 8200
3738 8193 3735 8192 3731 8186 3729 8185
3700 8244
$$
14136
WGUS71 KRLX 022358
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
758 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
VAC027-051-030008-
/O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160503T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DICKENSON VA-BUCHANAN VA-
758 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DICKENSON AND BUCHANAN COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3702 8248 3713 8255 3719 8255 3723 8250
3727 8235 3753 8196 3752 8195 3746 8200
3738 8193 3735 8192 3731 8186 3729 8185
3700 8244
$$
14The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Dickenson | 59 min |
| May 1, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 46 min |
| May 2, 3:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 18 hr |
| May 2, 1:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Buchanan | 26 min |
| May 2, 1:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Buchanan | 42 min |
| May 2, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 4 hr |
| May 2, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.