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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2016, 4:56 PM EDT for Jackson County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2016, 4:56 PM EDT (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Jackson County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 265 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 978 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted.
963 WGUS51 KRLX 262056 FFWRLX OHC079-270000- /O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0041.160726T2056Z-160727T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 456 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO... * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 456 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... JACKSON AND WELLSTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. 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 3911 8243 3893 8245 3898 8269 3908 8266 $$ 26
2 follow-up statements
018 WGUS71 KRLX 262208 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 608 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 OHC079-270000- /O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160727T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JACKSON OH- 608 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY... AT 608 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... JACKSON AND WELLSTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX. && LAT...LON 3911 8243 3893 8245 3898 8269 3908 8266 $$ 14
626 WGUS71 KRLX 262246 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 646 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 OHC079-262256- /O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160727T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JACKSON OH- 646 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3911 8243 3893 8245 3898 8269 3908 8266 $$ 26
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 3:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Vinton and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 66 min |
| Jul 26, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.