Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2016, 6:29 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Roane County, Wirt County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 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 26, 2016, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2016, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Calhoun County, WV, Roane County, WV, Wirt County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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 26, 7:10 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Se Reedy, WV | INTERSECTION OF GRACE RD AND PARKERSBURG RD UNDERWATER AND IMPASSABLE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 198 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.
655 WGUS51 KRLX 262229 FFWRLX WVC013-087-105-270130- /O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0043.160726T2229Z-160727T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 629 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA... SOUTHEASTERN WIRT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 930 PM EDT * AT 629 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... SPENCER...REEDY...ANNAMORIAH...CRESTON...LUCILLE AND MOUNT ZION. 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 3900 8127 3883 8103 3875 8152 3889 8152 $$ 14
2 follow-up statements
785 WGUS71 KRLX 262344 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 744 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 WVC013-087-105-270130- /O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0043.000000T0000Z-160727T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ROANE WV-WIRT WV-CALHOUN WV- 744 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN ROANE...SOUTHEASTERN WIRT AND NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTIES... AT 743 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SPENCER...REEDY...ANNAMORIAH...CRESTON...LUCILLE AND MOUNT ZION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX. && LAT...LON 3900 8127 3883 8103 3875 8152 3889 8152 $$ 26
776 WGUS71 KRLX 270014 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 814 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 WVC013-087-105-270024- /O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0043.000000T0000Z-160727T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ROANE WV-WIRT WV-CALHOUN WV- 814 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ROANE...SOUTHEASTERN WIRT AND NORTHERN CALHOUN 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 3900 8127 3883 8103 3875 8152 3889 8152 $$ 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, 5:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Wirt | 3 hr |
| 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, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 66 min |
| Jul 26, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 65 min |
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.