Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2016, 2:09 PM EDT for 5 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 reports 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 27, 2016, 2:09 PM EDT (18:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Roane County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 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 27, 2:22 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ene Clendenin, WV | BARREN CREEK RD AND CONLEY RD. WATER CROSSING A ROAD AND GOING INTO STRUCTURE / GARAGE |
| Jun 27, 2:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 7 Ene Sissonville, WV | MEMBER OF PUBLIC REPORTS POCATILICO RIVER SPILLED OVER AND COVERED GOOSE CREEK RD |
| Jun 27, 3:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sw Procious, WV | REPORTS NEAR KANAWHA/CLAY COUNTY LINE. CAMP CREEK RD UNDER AT LEAST 1 FT OF WATER... SOME PAVEMENT EROSION |
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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
638
WGUS51 KRLX 271809
FFWRLX
WVC007-013-015-039-087-272100-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0027.160627T1809Z-160627T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
209 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT
* AT 204 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL SMALL CONCENTRATED
DOWNPOURS ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP
TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. REPETITIVE DOWNPOURS MAY
HIT THE SAME SMALL STREAM. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
LOCAL ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 4 PM. SMALL STREAMS AND RUNS COULD RISE
RAPIDLY. THIS WARNING IS NOT FOR THE RIVERS.
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 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 3869 8048 3856 8062 3852 8074 3856 8079
3851 8088 3849 8082 3848 8082 3837 8102
3839 8126 3850 8173 3864 8146 3870 8108
3870 8100 3881 8048 3879 8047 3874 8046
$$
222 follow-up statements
950
WGUS71 KRLX 271944
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
344 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2016
WVC007-013-015-039-087-272100-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160627T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ROANE WV-CALHOUN WV-CLAY WV-BRAXTON WV-KANAWHA WV-
344 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN ROANE...SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN...CLAY...BRAXTON AND
NORTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTIES...
AT 334 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WEAKENING SHOWERS OVER THE
WARNED AREA. LOCAL MINOR FLASH FLOODING OCCURRED EARLIER
THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG SMALL CREEKS IN NORTHERN KANAWHA COUNTY.
ADDITIONAL HEAVIER SHOWERS MAY STILL REFORM THROUGH 5 PM.
A LOCAL HALF INCH TO AN INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS WARNING IS NOT FOR THE ELK RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.
&&
LAT...LON 3869 8048 3856 8062 3852 8074 3856 8079
3851 8088 3849 8082 3848 8082 3837 8102
3839 8126 3850 8173 3864 8146 3870 8108
3870 8100 3881 8048 3879 8047 3874 8046
$$
22666
WGUS71 KRLX 272052
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
452 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2016
WVC007-013-015-039-087-272101-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160627T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ROANE WV-CALHOUN WV-CLAY WV-BRAXTON WV-KANAWHA WV-
452 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ROANE...SOUTHEASTERN
CALHOUN...CLAY...BRAXTON AND NORTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 500 PM EDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3869 8048 3856 8062 3852 8074 3856 8079
3851 8088 3849 8082 3848 8082 3837 8102
3839 8126 3850 8173 3864 8146 3870 8108
3870 8100 3881 8048 3879 8047 3874 8046
$$
22The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 1:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Nicholas, Webster | 57 min |
| Jun 27, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo and 5 more | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 3:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lewis, Randolph, Upshur | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Logan, Mingo | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming | 49 min |
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.