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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2016, 11:15 PM EDT for Jackson County, Vinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 5 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, 11:15 PM EDT (03:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2016, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jackson County, OH, Vinton County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 30, 12:45 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Hamden, OH | WATER ON SR-160. |
| Jul 30, 1:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Wsw Jackson, OH | CULVERTS WASHED OUT ON JISCO WEST ROAD. |
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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 114 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.
688
WGUS51 KRLX 300315
FFWRLX
OHC079-163-300815-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0046.160730T0315Z-160730T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1115 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...
JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
* UNTIL 415 AM EDT
* AT 1113 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...
JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...HAMDEN...COALTON...BYER...
PETERSBURG AND MABEE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AROUND BYER.
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.
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 3913 8279 3929 8256 3909 8234 3903 8237
3903 8244 3888 8245 3886 8246 3886 8276
3894 8275 3895 8281
$$
172 follow-up statements
771
WGUS71 KRLX 300504
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
104 AM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016
OHC079-163-300815-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160730T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VINTON OH-JACKSON OH-
104 AM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EDT FOR
CENTRAL VINTON AND JACKSON COUNTIES...
AT 101 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE MODERATE RAIN
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING MAY BE OCCURRING OR IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...HAMDEN...COALTON...BYER...
PETERSBURG AND MABEE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 8279 3929 8256 3909 8234 3903 8237
3903 8244 3888 8245 3886 8246 3886 8276
3894 8275 3895 8281
$$
COOPER591
WGUS71 KRLX 300813
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
413 AM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016
OHC079-163-300822-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160730T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VINTON OH-JACKSON OH-
413 AM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL VINTON AND JACKSON COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 415 AM EDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED, AND FLOOD WATERS WERE RECEDING. FLOODING
IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3913 8279 3929 8256 3909 8234 3903 8237
3903 8244 3888 8245 3886 8246 3886 8276
3894 8275 3895 8281
$$
12The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 8:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Vinton | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 11:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 59 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.