Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2016, 1:05 AM EDT for Buchanan County, Virginia; McDowell County, Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 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
- Jul 6, 2016, 1:05 AM EDT (05:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2016, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Buchanan County, VA, McDowell County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2:15 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Welch, WV | BROWNS CREEK OUT OF ITS BANK AND FLOODING STEWART STREET. MUDSLIDES ALSO REPORTED ON RIVERSIDE STREET AND THE WELCH BYBASS |
| Jul 6, 3:20 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.8 | Hemphill, WV | MEASURED IN ABOUT 2 HOURS FROM THE RIVER GAUGE ON THE TUG FORK |
| Jul 6, 3:21 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.26 | Welch, WV | GAUGE MEASURED IN ABOUT 1.5 HOURS. |
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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
203
WGUS51 KRLX 060505
FFWRLX
VAC027-WVC047-109-060900-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0033.160706T0505Z-160706T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
105 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL BUCHANAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN WYOMING COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 500 AM EDT
* AT 100 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN IN UNDER THIRTY MINUTES. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WELCH...GARY...NORTHFORK...DAVY...IAEGER...KEYSTONE...ANAWALT...
KIMBALL...HERNDON...MAYBEURY...PANTHER...WOLF PEN...
AVONDALE AND COALWOOD.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
SOME OF THE SMALL CREEKS AFFECTED ARE BEARTOWN FORK...
...SPICE CREEK...MILAM FORK...NORTH FORK ELKHORN CREEK...HORSEPEN
CREEK...SANDLICK CREEK...PAYNE BRANCH...BUCK FORK...ELKHORN
CREEK...SPIDER CREEK...JENNY BRANCH...BARTLEY CREEK...BIG
BRANCH...BETSY BRANCH...BUZZARD BRANCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 3744 8209 3752 8194 3751 8193 3753 8191
3752 8190 3755 8185 3756 8186 3757 8183
3751 8122 3750 8126 3748 8127 3746 8131
3742 8128 3741 8129 3742 8131 3732 8137
$$
302 follow-up statements
021
WGUS71 KRLX 060628
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
228 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
VAC027-WVC109-060633-
/O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160706T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUCHANAN VA-WYOMING WV-
228 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BUCHANAN AND SOUTHERN
WYOMING COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3746 8198 3751 8193 3752 8190 3751 8180
3750 8178 3751 8177 3750 8175 3750 8170
3748 8153 3746 8144 3745 8143 3745 8141
3742 8131 3732 8137
$$
WVC047-060900-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160706T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCDOWELL WV-
228 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR
NORTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY...
AT 223 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AN HOUR...WITH LOCALIZED
AMOUNTS TO 2.5 INCHES. FLASH FLOODING WAS RECENTLY REPORTED ON
BROWNS CREEK IN THE WELCH AREA. MUD SLIDES HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED
IN THE WELCH AREA.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WELCH...GARY...NORTHFORK...DAVY...IAEGER...KEYSTONE...ANAWALT...
KIMBALL...MAYBEURY...COALWOOD AND PANTHER.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF HALF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 3746 8198 3751 8193 3752 8190 3751 8180
3750 8178 3751 8177 3750 8175 3750 8170
3748 8153 3746 8144 3745 8143 3745 8141
3742 8131 3732 8137
$$
30885
WGUS71 KRLX 060816
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
416 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
WVC047-060825-
/O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160706T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCDOWELL WV-
416 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. HOWEVER...CREEKS WILL REMAIN HIGH
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING
ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3746 8198 3751 8193 3752 8190 3751 8180
3750 8178 3751 8177 3750 8175 3750 8170
3748 8153 3746 8144 3745 8143 3745 8141
3742 8131 3732 8137
$$
30The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 12:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 59 min |
| Jul 6, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 33 min |
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.