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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV

May 1, 2016Boone County, Logan County, Mingo County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 2016, 6:01 AM EDT for Boone County, Logan County, Mingo County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr. 6 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: May 1, 2016, 6:01 AM EDT (10:01 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2016, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Boone County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mingo County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:02 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
May 1, 6:47 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 S Turtle Creek, WV	6 MILE CREEK HAS JUST COME OUT OF ITS BANK AND IS NOW FLOWING OVER 6 MILE ROAD
May 1, 6:50 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Logan, WV	WATER OVER MOUNT GAY ROAD IN LOGAN
May 1, 8:20 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 E Chapmanville, WV	GARRET FORK OUT OF ITS BANKS AND BLOCKING GARRETS FORK ROAD IN CHAPMANVILLE
May 1, 8:25 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 E Kermit, WV	WATER RESCUE ONGOING ALONG MARROWBONE CREEK
May 1, 8:40 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	6 Sw Chapmanville, WV	WATER BLOCKING BROWNS RUN ROAD.
May 1, 8:55 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Sw Chapmanville, WV	CRAWLEY CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS AND INTO PROPERTY ALONG CRAWLEY CREEK ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF PITT BRANCH-MARSH FORK ROAD.

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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 221 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 451 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

655 
WGUS51 KRLX 011001
FFWRLX
WVC005-045-059-011300-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0003.160501T1001Z-160501T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
601 AM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
  MINGO COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
  LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 900 AM EDT

* AT 558 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
  HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1
  TO 2 INCHES INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL
  WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO THE AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
  HOURS.  FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  WILLIAMSON...MADISON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...DELBARTON...WHARTON...
  BALD KNOB...HOLDEN...SOUTH WILLIAMSON...AFLEX...MALLORY...MOUNT
  GAY-SHAMROCK...CHIEF LOGAN STATE...RED JACKET...CHATTAROY...HINCH...VAN...
  AMHERSTDALE-ROBINETTE AND GILBERT CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

YOU MAY ALSO REPORT HIGH WATER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

&&

LAT...LON 3756 8208 3755 8213 3765 8218 3763 8221
      3768 8230 3774 8233 3776 8231 3784 8241
      3816 8160 3799 8148 3793 8157 3785 8156
      3779 8151 3776 8157 3779 8161 3776 8175
      3770 8170 3767 8179 3763 8180 3753 8205

$$

KISTNER

2 follow-up statements

787 
WGUS71 KRLX 011122
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
722 AM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

WVC005-045-059-011300-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160501T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOONE WV-MINGO WV-LOGAN WV-
722 AM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT FOR
BOONE...MINGO AND LOGAN COUNTIES...

AT 717 AM EDT...THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING
ALREADY OCCURRING.  ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNING AREA...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND
RIVERS TO RISE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS.  

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WILLIAMSON...MADISON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...DELBARTON...WHARTON...
BALD KNOB...HOLDEN...SOUTH WILLIAMSON...AFLEX...MALLORY...MOUNT
GAY-SHAMROCK...CHIEF LOGAN STATE...RED JACKET...CHATTAROY...HINCH...VAN...
AMHERSTDALE-ROBINETTE AND GILBERT CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

YOU MAY ALSO REPORT HIGH WATER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

&&

LAT...LON 3756 8208 3755 8213 3765 8218 3763 8221
      3768 8230 3774 8233 3776 8231 3784 8241
      3816 8160 3799 8148 3793 8157 3785 8156
      3779 8151 3776 8157 3779 8161 3776 8175
      3770 8170 3767 8179 3763 8180 3753 8205

$$

KISTNER

433 
WGUS71 KRLX 011240
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
840 AM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

WVC005-045-059-011300-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160501T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOONE WV-MINGO WV-LOGAN WV-
840 AM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT FOR
BOONE...MINGO AND LOGAN COUNTIES...

AT 836 AM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ACROSS MINGO, LOGAN AND BOONE COUNTIES. WATER
RESCUES WERE ONGOING IN MINGO COUNTY AND SEVERAL ROADS WERE BLOCKED
BY HIGH WATER IN CENTRAL LOGAN AND SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTIES. UP TO
TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WILLIAMSON...MADISON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...DELBARTON...WHARTON...
BALD KNOB...HOLDEN...SOUTH WILLIAMSON...AFLEX...MALLORY...MOUNT
GAY-SHAMROCK...CHIEF LOGAN STATE...RED JACKET...CHATTAROY...HINCH...VAN...
AMHERSTDALE-ROBINETTE AND GILBERT CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

YOU MAY ALSO REPORT HIGH WATER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

&&

LAT...LON 3756 8208 3755 8213 3765 8218 3763 8221
      3768 8230 3774 8233 3776 8231 3784 8241
      3816 8160 3799 8148 3793 8157 3785 8156
      3779 8151 3776 8157 3779 8161 3776 8175
      3770 8170 3767 8179 3763 8180 3753 8205

$$

CHARNICK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 8:27 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 4 more	3 hr
May 1, 9:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo, Nicholas and 5 more	3 hr
May 1, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	23 min
May 1, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Mingo, Wayne	38 min
May 1, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Wayne	41 min
May 1, 4:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Wayne	6 hr
May 1, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Wayne	46 min
May 1, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	42 min
May 1, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	51 min
May 1, 5:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell, Wayne	3 hr
May 1, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan, Mingo	47 min
May 1, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Mason, Putnam	41 min
May 1, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln	48 min
May 1, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne	44 min
May 1, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh	43 min
May 1, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Wayne	22 min
May 1, 6:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln and 2 more	4 hr
May 1, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lewis	48 min
May 1, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam	25 min
May 1, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln	18 min
May 1, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette	50 min
May 1, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha	48 min
May 1, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan, Mingo	41 min
May 1, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Raleigh, Wyoming	53 min
May 1, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming	37 min
May 1, 7:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan, Mingo, Wayne, Wyoming	3 hr
May 1, 7:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Raleigh, Wyoming	35 min
May 1, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan, Wyoming	37 min
May 1, 7:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell	51 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.