Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2016, 9:15 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, 9:15 PM EDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2016, 12:15 AM 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 01:15 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, 10:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Clendenin, WV | FLOODING CONTINUED TO WORSEN IN CLENDENIN...VERIFIED AS WELL WITH GAUGE ON COAL RIVER RISING ROUGHLY 2 FEET PER HOUR. |
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 00:00Z, 1.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 564 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 750 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 326 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 9.9
The text
As transmitted.
298 WGUS51 KRLX 240115 FFWRLX WVC015-039-240415- /O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0025.160624T0115Z-160624T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 915 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 1215 AM EDT * AT 911 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES AND WATER RESCUES REMAIN ON GOING. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE COMING TO AN END...WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CLENDENIN. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW AND IF YOU ARE IN A SAFE LOCATION STAY PUT! * 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 $$ KISTNER
1 follow-up statement
419 WGUS71 KRLX 240409 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1209 AM EDT FRI JUN 24 2016 WVC015-039-240416- /O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160624T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CLAY WV-KANAWHA WV- 1209 AM EDT FRI JUN 24 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CLAY AND NORTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 AM EDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. RUNOFF FROM AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. INTERESTS ALONG THE ELK RIVER SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF RIVER CONDITIONS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3848 8120 3840 8124 3847 8148 3854 8145 $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 8:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 9:12 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 14 hr |
| Jun 23, 9:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 10:36 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 11 hr |
| Jun 23, 11:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 11:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 11:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 12:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 12:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Mason, Putnam | 26 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.