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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2016, 3:06 PM EDT for Fayette County, Raleigh County, West Virginia. 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
- Aug 2, 2016, 3:06 PM EDT (19:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Fayette County, WV, Raleigh County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 4:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sw Mount Hope, WV | WATER OVER KILSYTH RD, TEMPORARY CLOSURE PER DOH. |
| Aug 2, 4:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nne Mount Hope, WV | WATER OVER ROAD REPORTED ALONG WV 16 BETWEEN GLEN JEAN AND DERRYHALE. ROAD CLOSURE PER DOH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
905 WGUS51 KRLX 021906 FFWRLX WVC019-081-022200- /O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0049.160802T1906Z-160802T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 306 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL RALEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA... SOUTH CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 304 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEND. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MOUNT HOPE...PINEY VIEW AND BRADLEY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...LAUREL CREEK... BEND BRANCH...PINEY CREEK...DUNLOUP CREEK...MILL CREEK...PACKS BRANCH...FAT CREEK...MAPLE FORK...STANAFORD BRANCH...BARREN BRANCH AND NEW RIVER. 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 3793 8111 3785 8104 3782 8112 3791 8124 $$ 30
2 follow-up statements
412 WGUS71 KRLX 022109 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 509 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016 WVC019-081-022200- /O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160802T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RALEIGH WV-FAYETTE WV- 509 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL RALEIGH AND SOUTH CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTIES... AT 508 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE COMMUNITY OF KILSYTH AND ALONG WEST VIRGINIA ROUTE 16 SOUTH OF GLEN JEAN. WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS SINCE ENDED...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE RISES IN LOCAL CREEKS. GIVEN WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL...DUNLOUP CREEK IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO EXCEEDING ITS BANKS IN PLACES. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MOUNT HOPE...PINEY VIEW AND BRADLEY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...LAUREL CREEK... BEND BRANCH...PINEY CREEK...DUNLOUP CREEK...MILL CREEK...PACKS BRANCH...FAT CREEK...MAPLE FORK...STANAFORD BRANCH...AND BARREN BRANCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX. && LAT...LON 3793 8111 3785 8104 3782 8112 3791 8124 $$ 30
216 WGUS71 KRLX 022153 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 553 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016 WVC019-081-022203- /O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160802T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RALEIGH WV-FAYETTE WV- 553 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL RALEIGH AND SOUTH CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM EDT... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. HOWEVER...RUNOFF WILL KEEP AREA CREEKS ELEVATED THROUGH THE EVENING. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3793 8111 3785 8104 3782 8112 3791 8124 $$ 30
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Jackson, Roane | 116 min |
| Aug 2, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 53 min |
| Aug 2, 6:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 3 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.