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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Charleston, WV

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

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 23, 10:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOODClendenin, WVFLOODING 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2016-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 564 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 00:00Z on 2016-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 287 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 8:43 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXBoone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer and 5 more3 hr
Jun 23, 8:54 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXCabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam and 1 more3 hr
Jun 23, 9:12 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXPocahontas14 hr
Jun 23, 9:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXFayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster3 hr
Jun 23, 10:36 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXPocahontas11 hr
Jun 23, 11:43 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXCabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam and 1 more3 hr
Jun 23, 11:45 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXBoone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer and 5 more3 hr
Jun 23, 11:48 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXWayne3 hr
Jun 24, 12:15 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXFayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster6 hr
Jun 24, 12:15 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXKanawha, Mason, Putnam26 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016

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.