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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Charleston, WV
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 6:37 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Boomer, WV | REPORT 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.
- 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
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 $$ 08
2 follow-up statements
382 WGUS71 KRLX 142244 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 644 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016 WVC019-150200- /O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-160715T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FAYETTE WV- 644 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY... AT 642 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AT BOOMER IN FAYETTE COUNTY ALONG US 60. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SMITHERS...GAULEY BRIDGE AND POWELLTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...CULVERTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS. WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND SWEEP CHILDREN AWAY. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX. && LAT...LON 3819 8113 3816 8132 3808 8135 3810 8119 $$ 08
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 $$ 08
The 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, 5:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell | 3 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.