Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2016, 4:08 AM EDT for 8 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 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, 4:08 AM EDT (08:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2016, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:11 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, 4:30 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Harrisville, WV | WATER RISING INTO NURSING HOME -- FIRE DEPARTMENT ON SCENE. ALSO REPORTING AREAS OF HIGH WATER IN OTHER PARTS OF RITCHIE COUNTY. |
| Jun 23, 4:46 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sse Vienna, WV | COLLEGE PARKWAY ROAD FLOODED |
| Jun 23, 6:07 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Weston, WV | WILLOW STREET IN WESTON HAD BEEN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING... HAS NOW BEEN REOPENED. |
| Jun 23, 6:13 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Auburn, WV | WATER CURRENTLY RISING IN AUBURN... HOMES SURROUNDED BY WATER. |
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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
933
WGUS51 KRLX 230808
FFWRLX
WVC017-021-033-041-073-085-095-107-231100-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0017.160623T0808Z-160623T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
408 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
PLEASANTS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN TYLER COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 700 AM EDT
* AT 406 AM EDT...BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLOODING IN CLARKSBURG WHERE ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FARTHER SOUTH.
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING OR IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PARKERSBURG...CLARKSBURG...MARIETTA...WESTON...HARRISVILLE...
ST. MARYS...VIENNA...BRIDGEPORT...WILLIAMSTOWN...STONEWOOD...
NUTTER FORT...SALEM...PENNSBORO...BELMONT...WEST UNION...ANMOORE...
BOAZ...STONEWALL JACKSON...NORTH BEND STATE PARK AND JACKSON MILL.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
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 3925 8017 3910 8027 3910 8030 3906 8030
3885 8045 3931 8156 3935 8155 3941 8146
3941 8143 3939 8141 3936 8140 3934 8138
3935 8135 3939 8127 3939 8122 3944 8118
3945 8113 3951 8108
$$
162 follow-up statements
537
WGUS71 KRLX 231016
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
616 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016
WVC017-021-033-041-073-085-095-107-231100-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160623T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RITCHIE WV-WOOD WV-PLEASANTS WV-DODDRIDGE WV-LEWIS WV-HARRISON WV-
TYLER WV-GILMER WV-
616 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT FOR
RITCHIE...NORTHEASTERN WOOD...PLEASANTS...DODDRIDGE...LEWIS...
SOUTHERN HARRISON...SOUTHERN TYLER AND NORTHEASTERN GILMER
COUNTIES...
AT 614 AM EDT...RITCHIE COUNTY 911 REPORTED FLOODING IS STILL
ONGOING IN RITCHIE COUNTY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PARKERSBURG...CLARKSBURG...MARIETTA...WESTON...HARRISVILLE...
ST. MARYS...VIENNA...BRIDGEPORT...WILLIAMSTOWN...STONEWOOD...
NUTTER FORT...SALEM...PENNSBORO...BELMONT...WEST UNION...ANMOORE...
BOAZ...STONEWALL JACKSON...NORTH BEND STATE PARK AND JACKSON MILL.
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS PASSED, SO WATER SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE
OVER THE NEXT 45 MINUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.
&&
LAT...LON 3925 8017 3910 8027 3910 8030 3906 8030
3885 8045 3931 8156 3935 8155 3941 8146
3941 8143 3939 8141 3936 8140 3934 8138
3935 8135 3939 8127 3939 8122 3944 8118
3945 8113 3951 8108
$$
16601
WGUS71 KRLX 231055
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
655 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016
WVC017-021-033-041-073-085-095-107-231104-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160623T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RITCHIE WV-WOOD WV-PLEASANTS WV-DODDRIDGE WV-LEWIS WV-HARRISON WV-
TYLER WV-GILMER WV-
655 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RITCHIE...NORTHEASTERN WOOD...
PLEASANTS...DODDRIDGE...LEWIS...SOUTHERN HARRISON...SOUTHERN TYLER
AND NORTHEASTERN GILMER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 AM EDT...
FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT, HOWEVER SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE STILL RUNNING HIGH. AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING
HAS BEEN ISSUED, AND IS REPLACING PORTIONS OF THIS FLASH FLOOD
WARNING. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3925 8017 3910 8027 3910 8030 3906 8030
3885 8045 3931 8156 3935 8155 3941 8146
3941 8143 3939 8141 3936 8140 3934 8138
3935 8135 3939 8127 3939 8122 3944 8118
3945 8113 3951 8108
$$
16The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood | 42 min |
| Jun 23, 2:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood | 37 min |
| Jun 23, 3:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie and 1 more | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 3:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 4:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Mason, Putnam | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 4:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha and 5 more | 64 min |
| Jun 23, 5:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster | 55 min |
| Jun 23, 5:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster | 53 min |
| Jun 23, 6:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam, Wayne | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 6:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mason and 3 more | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 7:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas | 81 min |
| Jun 23, 7:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Jackson and 13 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 7:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell and 4 more | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 8:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Webster | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 8:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Pocahontas and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 8:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 118 min |
| Jun 23, 8:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, McDowell, Mingo and 2 more | 33 min |
| Jun 23, 8:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Lewis, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 23, 8:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 42 min |
| Jun 23, 10:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Jackson and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 10:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 11:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 55 min |
| Jun 23, 12:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha, Nicholas, Putnam and 2 more | 58 min |
| Jun 23, 12:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 1:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 23, 1:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 2:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt, Wood | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh | 34 min |
| Jun 23, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 33 min |
| Jun 23, 3:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Nicholas | 13 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 19 min |
| Jun 23, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Roane | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 3:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam | 27 min |
| Jun 23, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 26 min |
| Jun 23, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha, Roane | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell | 35 min |
| Jun 23, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 49 min |
| Jun 23, 4:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Lewis, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 4:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt, Wood | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 60 min |
| Jun 23, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 66 min |
| Jun 23, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 26 min |
| Jun 23, 5:37 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha | 20 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Logan, Mingo | 26 min |
| Jun 23, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 39 min |
| Jun 23, 6:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:11 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Nicholas, Webster | 20 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Raleigh, Wyoming | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 6:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 27 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wyoming | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 60 min |
| Jun 23, 7:16 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas | 10 hr |
| Jun 23, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 26 min |
| Jun 23, 7:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Lewis, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 7:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wayne | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 7:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Roane | 3 hr |
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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.