Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2016, 3:28 PM EDT for Lewis County, Randolph County, Upshur 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 27, 2016, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2016, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lewis County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Upshur County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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, 4:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 S Tallmansville, WV | WATER FROM TEN MILE CREEK FLOWING ACROSS TEN MILE ROAD -- VIA SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
791
WGUS51 KRLX 271928
FFWRLX
WVC041-083-097-272230-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0028.160627T1928Z-160627T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
328 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 324 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LOCAL AREAS HAVE ALREADY
RECEIVED 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. FLASH FLOODING ON SMALL
CREEKS IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL DOWNPOURS CAN DEPOSIT ANOTHER 1 TO 1.5 INCHES
OF RAIN THROUGH 5 PM.
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 3864 7983 3877 8029 3889 8060 3892 8062
3913 8053 3909 8018 3904 8013 3904 8009
3901 8005 3896 8006 3895 8008 3896 7997
3891 7968
$$
222 follow-up statements
187
WGUS71 KRLX 272045
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
445 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2016
WVC041-272053-
/O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160627T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEWIS WV-
445 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LEWIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3864 7983 3877 8029 3887 8027 3889 8025
3895 8024 3902 8018 3904 8013 3904 8009
3901 8005 3896 8006 3895 8008 3896 7997
3891 7968
$$
WVC083-097-272230-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160627T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RANDOLPH WV-UPSHUR WV-
445 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL RANDOLPH AND EASTERN UPSHUR COUNTIES...
AT 443 PM EDT...SHOWERS WERE WEAKENING. YET...SMALL STREAMS MAY
STILL BE RISING OVER EASTERN UPSHUR AND CENTRAL RANDOLPH
COUNTIES FROM THE RECENT LOCAL DOWNPOURS.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
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 3864 7983 3877 8029 3887 8027 3889 8025
3895 8024 3902 8018 3904 8013 3904 8009
3901 8005 3896 8006 3895 8008 3896 7997
3891 7968
$$
22016
WGUS71 KRLX 272137
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
537 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2016
WVC083-097-272144-
/O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160627T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RANDOLPH WV-UPSHUR WV-
537 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL RANDOLPH AND EASTERN UPSHUR
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN...ON THE ORDER OF 2 TO 3 INCHES...FELL NEAR
TALLSMANVILLE AND TENMILE IN UPSHUR COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3864 7983 3877 8029 3887 8027 3889 8025
3895 8024 3902 8018 3904 8013 3904 8009
3901 8005 3896 8006 3895 8008 3896 7997
3891 7968
$$
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, 2:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Roane | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo and 5 more | 48 min |
| 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.