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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Charleston, WV

July 14, 2016Fayette County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2016, 6:07 PM EDT for Fayette County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 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
Jul 14, 2016, 6:07 PM EDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2016, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Fayette County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 6:37 PM EDTFLASH FLOODBoomer, WVREPORT OF HIGH WATER ALONG US 60 IN BOOMER AND ALLOY. WATER IS NOT BLOCKING THE ROADWAY AT THIS TIME.

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 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2016-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 448 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2016-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
448 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1009 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

286 
WGUS51 KRLX 142207
FFWRLX
WVC019-150200-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0038.160714T2207Z-160715T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
607 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 607 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  SMITHERS...GAULEY BRIDGE AND POWELLTON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...CULVERTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS.
WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND SWEEP CHILDREN AWAY.

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 3819 8113 3816 8132 3808 8135 3810 8119

$$

08
2 follow-up statements
382 
WGUS71 KRLX 142244
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
644 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

WVC019-150200-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-160715T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FAYETTE WV-
644 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY...

AT 642 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AT BOOMER IN FAYETTE
COUNTY ALONG US 60.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SMITHERS...GAULEY BRIDGE AND POWELLTON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...CULVERTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS.
WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND SWEEP CHILDREN AWAY.

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 3819 8113 3816 8132 3808 8135 3810 8119

$$

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912 
WGUS71 KRLX 150003
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
803 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

WVC019-150012-
/O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-160715T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FAYETTE WV-
803 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3819 8113 3816 8132 3808 8135 3810 8119

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 1:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCabell46 min
Jul 14, 2:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMason, Putnam63 min
Jul 14, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXKanawha61 min
Jul 14, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRoane57 min
Jul 14, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPutnam44 min
Jul 14, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha, Putnam55 min
Jul 14, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell57 min
Jul 14, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWebster54 min
Jul 14, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha, Lincoln, Putnam47 min
Jul 14, 4:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCabell, Kanawha, Putnam3 hr
Jul 14, 5:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCabell, Wayne3 hr
Jul 14, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXNicholas56 min
Jul 14, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Fayette, Kanawha59 min
Jul 14, 5:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCabell3 hr

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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.