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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Charleston, WV

June 27, 2016Lewis County, Randolph County, Upshur County, West Virginia

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.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 4:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD3 S Tallmansville, WVWATER 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2016-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 33 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2016-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

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2 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

$$

22
016 
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

$$

22

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 1:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBraxton, Clay, Nicholas, Webster57 min
Jun 27, 2:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Roane3 hr
Jun 27, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo and 5 more48 min
Jun 27, 4:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLincoln, Logan, Mingo2 hr
Jun 27, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMcDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming49 min

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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.