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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Charleston, WV

June 23, 2016Morgan County, Perry County, Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2016, 2:24 AM EDT for Morgan County, Perry County, Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 5 hr. 3 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: Jun 23, 2016, 2:24 AM EDT (06:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2016, 7:30 AM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Washington County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:27 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
Jun 23, 2:26 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Crooksville, OH	UP TO THREE FEET OF WATER IN AT LEAST ONE HOME... ALONG WITH SOME FLOODING ON ROADS.. MANY ROADS IN LOW LYING AREAS IN THE COUNTY FLOODED. STARTED AT 226 AM AND WAS STILL ONGOING AT THE TIME OF THE CALL AT 406 AM.
Jun 23, 2:32 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Crooksville, OH	FLOODING REPORTED IN CROOKSVILLE... WATER APPROACHING APARTMENT COMPLEX -- NO SPECIFIC DETAILS AT THIS TIME
Jun 23, 3:17 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Nne Crooksville, OH	SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTING FLASH FLOODING NEAR ROSEVILLE... WATER INTO BUILDINGS. ALSO FLOODING CONTINUES IN CROOKSVILLE.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1466 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

680 
WGUS51 KRLX 230624
FFWRLX
OHC115-127-167-231130-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0016.160623T0624Z-160623T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
224 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...

* UNTIL 730 AM EDT

* AT 223 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS
  ALREADY FALLEN, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ONE TO TWO MORE INCHES IN
  THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
  SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MARIETTA...NEW LEXINGTON...ST. MARYS...MCCONNELSVILLE...SOMERSET...
  BEVERLY...PERRY STATE FOREST...WILLIAMSTOWN...BELMONT...BOAZ...
  HARBOR HILLS...CROOKSVILLE...NEWPORT...THORNVILLE...MATAMORAS...
  JUNCTION CITY...MALTA...CORNING...LOWELL AND STOCKPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 3991 8217 3982 8217 3982 8208 3977 8207
      3975 8164 3959 8159 3958 8148 3965 8145
      3960 8139 3956 8104 3954 8104 3939 8122
      3934 8137 3941 8144 3937 8150 3969 8237
      3983 8240 3984 8247 3992 8247 3993 8246

$$

16

2 follow-up statements

260 
WGUS71 KRLX 230731
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
331 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

OHC115-127-167-231130-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160623T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WASHINGTON OH-PERRY OH-MORGAN OH-
331 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM EDT FOR
WASHINGTON...PERRY AND MORGAN COUNTIES...

AT 317 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN THE
CROOKSVILLE AND ROSEVILLE AREA OF PERRY COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES AND
RAIN GAUGE MEASUREMENTS INDICATE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS STILL
POSSIBLE AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH. ACT QUICKLY IF
YOU NOTICE RISING WATER.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
 MARIETTA...NEW LEXINGTON...ST. MARYS...MCCONNELSVILLE...SOMERSET...
 BEVERLY...PERRY STATE FOREST...WILLIAMSTOWN...BELMONT...BOAZ...
 HARBOR HILLS...CROOKSVILLE...NEWPORT...THORNVILLE...MATAMORAS...
 JUNCTION CITY...MALTA...CORNING...LOWELL AND STOCKPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 3991 8217 3982 8217 3982 8208 3977 8207
      3975 8164 3959 8159 3958 8148 3965 8145
      3960 8139 3956 8104 3954 8104 3939 8122
      3934 8137 3941 8144 3937 8150 3969 8237
      3983 8240 3984 8247 3992 8247 3993 8246

$$

16

949 
WGUS71 KRLX 231127
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
727 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

OHC115-127-167-231130-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160623T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WASHINGTON OH-PERRY OH-MORGAN OH-
727 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WASHINGTON...PERRY AND MORGAN COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 730 AM EDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
POSE A THREAT. HOWEVER SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE STILL RUNNING
HIGH...AND THERE ARE AREAS OF STANDING WATER. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3991 8217 3982 8217 3982 8208 3977 8207
      3975 8164 3959 8159 3958 8148 3965 8145
      3960 8139 3956 8104 3954 8104 3939 8122
      3934 8137 3941 8144 3937 8150 3969 8237
      3983 8240 3984 8247 3992 8247 3993 8246

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 1:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Morgan, Perry	23 min
Jun 23, 2:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Morgan, Washington	59 min
Jun 23, 2:04 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Morgan, Washington	41 min
Jun 23, 2:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Washington	42 min
Jun 23, 2:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Washington	37 min
Jun 23, 4:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Vinton	50 min
Jun 23, 5:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	64 min
Jun 23, 6:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs	43 min
Jun 23, 8:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Vinton and 1 more	118 min
Jun 23, 9:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Morgan, Perry	3 hr
Jun 23, 10:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton, Washington	3 hr
Jun 23, 2:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton, Washington	3 hr
Jun 23, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	26 min
Jun 23, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	35 min
Jun 23, 4:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton, Washington	3 hr
Jun 23, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Meigs	66 min
Jun 23, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Meigs	26 min
Jun 23, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Meigs	32 min
Jun 23, 6:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence	3 hr
Jun 23, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence	30 min
Jun 23, 7:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lawrence	26 min
Jun 23, 7:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton	3 hr

Nearby

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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.