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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2016, 8:20 PM EDT for Jackson County, Vinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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 29, 2016, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2016, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jackson County, OH, Vinton County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 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 29, 9:44 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Byer, OH | ROADS WASHED OUT |
| Jul 29, 10:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nnw Wellston, OH | CAR STRANDED IN HIGH WATER ON LES MIL RD AT THE JACKSON AND VINTON COUNTY LINE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1253 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
064
WGUS51 KRLX 300020
FFWRLX
OHC079-163-300315-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0045.160730T0020Z-160730T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
820 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
* AT 820 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...
WELLSTON...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN AND BYER.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.
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 3929 8244 3921 8236 3913 8240 3912 8269
3917 8270 3917 8271 3924 8272
$$
171 follow-up statement
551
WGUS71 KRLX 300141
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
941 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 2016
OHC079-163-300315-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160730T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VINTON OH-JACKSON OH-
941 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL VINTON AND NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...
AT 937 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. UP TO THREE OR FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BE OCCURRING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HAMDEN AND BYER. STATE ROAD 327 AND 683 ARE LIKELY TO HAVE FLOODING
ISSUES. PIGEON CREEK SHOULD ALSO BE WELL OUT OF ITS BANKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.
&&
LAT...LON 3929 8244 3921 8236 3913 8240 3912 8269
3917 8270 3917 8271 3924 8272
$$
17The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 11:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 59 min |
| Jul 29, 11:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Vinton | 5 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.