Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2016, 6:29 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2016, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Fayette County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Webster County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 7:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Richwood, WV | FLASH FLOODING WAS ON GOING ALL THROUGHOUT NICHOLAS COUNTY WITH THE WORST FLOODING REPORTED IN RICHWOOD. |
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
594
WGUS51 KRLX 232229
FFWRLX
WVC019-067-075-101-240130-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0023.160623T2229Z-160624T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
629 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NICHOLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 625 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. ANOTHER 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS AND FLOODING
IS EXPECTED TO GET WORSE.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...RAINELLE...MARLINTON...WEBSTER SPRINGS...
ADDISON (WEBSTER SPRINGS)...CAMDEN-ON-GAULEY...CRAIGSVILLE...
CAMDEN ON GAULEY...COWEN...HILLSBORO...CALVIN...BUCKEYE...
CRANBERRY MOUNTAIN NATURE CENTER...MINNEHAHA SPRINGS...BOGGS...
NETTIE...KESSLERS CROSS LANES...MOUNT NEBO AND DRENNAN.
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.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
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 3810 7993 3806 7997 3805 8027 3811 8036
3823 8036 3826 8043 3808 8071 3810 8088
3808 8089 3805 8085 3806 8081 3803 8083
3798 8077 3795 8081 3826 8124 3860 8052
3841 8023 3839 8024 3840 8022 3819 7991
$$
KISTNERThe 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, 4:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Pleasants, Ritchie and 2 more | 3 hr |
| 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, 6:30 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.