Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Apr 26, 2016, 4:56 PM EDT for Pleasants County, Wood County, West Virginia; Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 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
- Apr 26, 2016, 4:56 PM EDT (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Washington County, OH, Pleasants County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 5:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ne Boaz, OH | WATER BEGINNING TO COVER I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 184 AND 185 |
| Apr 26, 5:23 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Se Marietta, OH | WATER FLOWING ACROSS PIKE STREET ALSO PEA SIZE HAIL |
| Apr 26, 5:25 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ne Boaz, OH | WILLIAMS CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS AND FLOODING MULTIPLE ROADS IN THE TOWN OF WILLIAMSTOWN |
| Apr 26, 5:25 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ne Boaz, WV | WILLIAMS CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS AND FLOODING MULTIPLE ROADS IN THE TOWN OF WILLIAMSTOWN |
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 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 377 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 410 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
632
WGUS51 KRLX 262056
FFWRLX
OHC167-WVC073-107-262300-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0002.160426T2056Z-160426T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
456 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
WESTERN PLEASANTS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 456 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE
INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PARKERSBURG...MARIETTA...BELPRE...ST. MARYS...VIENNA...WILLIAMSTOWN...
BELMONT...BOAZ...NEWPORT...NORTH HILLS...SCHULTZ...FLEMING...WAVERLY...
WILLOW ISLAND...BARTLETT...BLENNERHASSETT AND DEVOLA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3949 8176 3948 8176 3948 8171 3949 8171
3943 8114 3919 8134 3932 8185 3949 8182
$$
211 follow-up statement
433
WGUS71 KRLX 262249
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
649 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016
OHC167-WVC073-107-262256-
/O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160426T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WASHINGTON OH-PLEASANTS WV-WOOD WV-
649 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON...WESTERN
PLEASANTS AND NORTHERN WOOD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
PLEASE USE CAUTION TRAVELING THROUGH THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3949 8176 3948 8176 3948 8171 3949 8171
3943 8114 3919 8134 3932 8185 3949 8182
$$
21The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Wood | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Roane, Wirt, Wood | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay, Nicholas | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Ritchie | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Ritchie | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Nicholas, Pocahontas and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan, Perry | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 17 min |
| Apr 26, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Meigs | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 87 min |
| Apr 26, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan, Washington | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Washington | 67 min |
| Apr 26, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Washington | 79 min |
| Apr 26, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 94 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.