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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2016, 5:51 PM EDT for Cabell County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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 14, 2016, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2016, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Cabell County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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 14, 5:57 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Se Melissa, WV | WATER IN HOMES AND BLOCKING DESTINY DRIVE ALONG ROUTE 10 |
| Jul 14, 7:13 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | West Pea Ridge, WV | PHOTO SHOWS DARNELL ROAD IMPASSIBLE DUE TO A WASHOUT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1232 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
224
WGUS51 KRLX 142151
FFWRLX
WVC011-150045-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0037.160714T2151Z-160715T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
551 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL CABELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 546 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HUNTINGTON...BARBOURSVILLE AND PEA RIDGE.
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 3840 8244 3841 8225 3835 8226 3832 8237
3834 8240
$$
08The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason, Putnam | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Putnam | 55 min |
| Jul 14, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 54 min |
| Jul 14, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 4:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas | 56 min |
| Jul 14, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha | 59 min |
| Jul 14, 6:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette | 4 hr |
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.