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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2016, 9:25 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, 9:25 PM EDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2016, 12:15 AM 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 01:29 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 | Richwood, WV | WATERS CONTINUED TO RISE THROUGHOUT NICHOLAS COUNTY AS VERIFIED BY SEVERAL RIVER GAUGES...FLASH FLOODING WAS ON GOING IN SEVERAL TOWNS WITH SEVERAL WATER RESCUES CONTINUING. |
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, 1.4 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
- 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.
357
WGUS51 KRLX 240125
FFWRLX
WVC019-067-075-101-240415-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0026.160624T0125Z-160624T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
925 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 1215 AM EDT
* AT 921 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE COME TO AN END BUT WATERS
CONTINUE TO RISE AND FLASH FLOODING REMAINS ON GOING. IF YOU ARE
IN A SAFE PLACE AWAY FROM FLOOD WATERS THEN STAY PUT...AS MANY
ROADS ARE CLOSED OR WASHED OUT FROM HIGH WATER.
* 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, 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, 9:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha | 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.