Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2016, 5:31 PM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia. 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, 5:31 PM EDT (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2016, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Calhoun County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Wirt County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 1244 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
649 WGUS51 KRLX 262131 FFWRLX WVC013-021-085-105-270030- /O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0042.160726T2131Z-160727T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 531 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... EAST CENTRAL WIRT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA... WEST CENTRAL GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 530 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... GRANTSVILLE...MUNDAY...BIG SPRINGS...BROHARD...STUMPTOWN... TANNER AND SMITHVILLE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. 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 3883 8103 3901 8128 3912 8110 3892 8084 $$ 14
2 follow-up statements
040 WGUS71 KRLX 262246 RRA FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 646 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 WVC013-021-085-105-270030- /O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-160727T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RITCHIE WV-WIRT WV-CALHOUN WV-GILMER WV- 646 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL RITCHIE...EAST CENTRAL WIRT...NORTHERN CALHOUN AND WEST CENTRAL GILMER COUNTIES... AT 646 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... GRANTSVILLE...MUNDAY...BIG SPRINGS...BROHARD...STUMPTOWN...TANNER AND SMITHVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX. && LAT...LON 3883 8103 3901 8128 3912 8110 3892 8084 $$ 14
966 WGUS71 KRLX 262345 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 745 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 WVC013-021-085-105-262355- /O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-160727T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RITCHIE WV-WIRT WV-CALHOUN WV-GILMER WV- 745 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL RITCHIE...EAST CENTRAL WIRT...NORTHERN CALHOUN AND WEST CENTRAL GILMER COUNTIES 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 3883 8103 3901 8128 3912 8110 3892 8084 $$ 26
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lewis | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 3:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gilmer | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison | 52 min |
| Jul 26, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gilmer | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun | 58 min |
| Jul 26, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 68 min |
| Jul 26, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Roane | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 62 min |
| Jul 26, 6:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Roane, Wirt | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 66 min |
| Jul 26, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 65 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.