Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016

Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Charleston, WV

June 23, 2016Clay County, Kanawha County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT for Clay County, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2016, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Emergency
Flash flood emergency
Flood severity
None

Counties Clay County, WV, Kanawha County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 23, 7:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOODClendenin, WVSIGNIFCANT FLASH FLOODING REPORTED IN CLENDENIN...3 FATALITIES CONFIRMED...ABOUT 50 HOMES DESTROYED ON JORDAN CREEK.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 213 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2016-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1051 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2016-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1051 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

As transmitted.

222 
WGUS51 KRLX 232215
FFWRLX
WVC015-039-240115-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0022.160623T2215Z-160624T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CLENDENIN...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 613 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
  FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING IS ON GOING.  NUMEROUS RESCUES ARE
  UNDER WAY IN CLENDENIN.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CLENDENIN. THIS IS A
  PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CLENDENIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

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 3848 8120 3840 8124 3847 8148 3854 8145

$$

KISTNER
1 follow-up statement
006 
WGUS71 KRLX 232353
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
753 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

WVC015-039-240115-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160624T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY WV-KANAWHA WV-
753 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CLENDENIN...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL CLAY AND NORTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTIES...

AT 748 PM EDT...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES AND SIGNIFICANT
FLASH FLOODING IS ON GOING AS WATER CONTINUES TO RISE.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CLENDENIN. THIS IS A
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! IF YOU ARE
IN A SAFE LOCATION AWAY FROM FLOOD WATERS DO NOT LEAVE...AS ROADS IN
AND OUT OF CLENDENIN ARE FLOODED!

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CLENDENIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

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 3848 8120 3840 8124 3847 8148 3854 8145

$$

KISTNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 2:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood42 min
Jun 23, 2:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood37 min
Jun 23, 3:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie and 1 more31 min
Jun 23, 3:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur, Webster50 min
Jun 23, 4:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Pleasants, Ritchie and 2 more3 hr
Jun 23, 4:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell, Jackson, Mason, Putnam50 min
Jun 23, 4:54 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBarbour, Harrison, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur3 hr
Jun 23, 5:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha and 5 more64 min
Jun 23, 5:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXClay, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster55 min
Jun 23, 5:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Clay, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster53 min
Jun 23, 6:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell, Mason, Putnam, Wayne43 min
Jun 23, 6:54 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie3 hr
Jun 23, 6:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mason and 3 more47 min
Jun 23, 7:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXClay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas81 min
Jun 23, 7:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Jackson and 13 more2 hr
Jun 23, 7:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell and 4 more43 min
Jun 23, 8:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Webster23 min
Jun 23, 8:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBarbour, Braxton, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Pocahontas and 3 more2 hr
Jun 23, 8:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPleasants, Wood118 min
Jun 23, 8:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, McDowell, Mingo and 2 more33 min
Jun 23, 8:35 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXBarbour, Braxton, Lewis, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur and 1 more8 hr
Jun 23, 8:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCabell42 min
Jun 23, 10:14 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Jackson and 6 more3 hr
Jun 23, 10:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln and 5 more2 hr
Jun 23, 11:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXFayette55 min
Jun 23, 12:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXClay, Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha, Nicholas, Putnam and 2 more58 min
Jun 23, 12:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXFayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster6 hr
Jun 23, 1:01 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXBoone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer and 5 more5 hr
Jun 23, 1:09 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 3 more2 hr
Jun 23, 2:04 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXJackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt, Wood3 hr
Jun 23, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLincoln, Wayne2 hr
Jun 23, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh34 min
Jun 23, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette, Raleigh33 min
Jun 23, 3:03 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyRLXNicholas13 hr
Jun 23, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette, Raleigh19 min
Jun 23, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXJackson, Mason, Roane44 min
Jun 23, 3:21 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 7 more3 hr
Jun 23, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Roane23 min
Jun 23, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam27 min
Jun 23, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWayne26 min
Jun 23, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Kanawha, Roane31 min
Jun 23, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell35 min
Jun 23, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXKanawha49 min
Jun 23, 4:29 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXBraxton, Lewis, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster3 hr
Jun 23, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXKanawha30 min
Jun 23, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLincoln, Wayne29 min
Jun 23, 4:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWayne3 hr
Jun 23, 4:57 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXJackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt, Wood3 hr
Jun 23, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWayne60 min
Jun 23, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXJackson, Mason66 min
Jun 23, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Mason26 min
Jun 23, 5:37 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXClay, Kanawha20 hr
Jun 23, 5:51 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXBoone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer and 5 more3 hr
Jun 23, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt32 min
Jun 23, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLincoln, Logan, Mingo26 min
Jun 23, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRaleigh, Wyoming39 min
Jun 23, 6:10 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXCabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam and 1 more3 hr
Jun 23, 6:11 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXNicholas, Webster20 hr
Jun 23, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Logan, Raleigh, Wyoming32 min
Jun 23, 6:17 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXKanawha27 hr
Jun 23, 6:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXFayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster3 hr
Jun 23, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam30 min
Jun 23, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRaleigh, Wyoming31 min
Jun 23, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWyoming29 min
Jun 23, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell, Wyoming60 min
Jun 23, 7:16 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXFayette, Nicholas10 hr
Jun 23, 7:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCabell26 min
Jun 23, 7:28 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXBraxton, Lewis, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster62 min
Jun 23, 7:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWayne2 hr
Jun 23, 7:57 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXJackson, Mason, Roane3 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.