Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2016, 4:04 PM EDT for Pocahontas 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
- May 27, 2016, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pocahontas County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
696
WGUS51 KRLX 272004
FFWRLX
WVC075-272300-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0012.160527T2004Z-160527T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
404 PM EDT FRI MAY 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 400 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS IN WESTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY. UP TO ONE INCH
OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY. CAMPERS ALONG TEA CREEK SHOULD HEAD TO HIGHER GROUND
NOW.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SLATY FORK AND TEA CREEK CAMPGROUND.
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.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
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 3821 8033 3824 8036 3834 8035 3834 8033
3845 8015 3834 8004
$$
KISTNER1 follow-up statement
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WGUS71 KRLX 272136
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
536 PM EDT FRI MAY 27 2016
WVC075-272300-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160527T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
POCAHONTAS WV-
536 PM EDT FRI MAY 27 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL POCAHONTAS COUNTY...
AT 532 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL
HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...DUE TO RUNOFF...STREAMS
WILL CONTINUE TO RISE OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TEA CREEK CAMPGROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.
&&
LAT...LON 3821 8033 3824 8036 3834 8035 3834 8033
3845 8015 3834 8004
$$
KISTNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 34 min |
| May 27, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 62 min |
| May 27, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 35 min |
| May 27, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay | 36 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.