Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2016, 6:24 PM EDT for Webster County, 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
- Aug 2, 2016, 6:24 PM EDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2016, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Webster County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.
799
WGUS51 KRLX 022224
FFWRLX
WVC101-030130-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0050.160802T2224Z-160803T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
624 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 623 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 INCHES IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN IN AND
AROUND THE TOWN OF DIANA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DIANA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...LEFT FORK HOLLY
RIVER...LITTLE SUGAR CREEK...HODAM CREEK...LAUREL FORK...MILLER
CREEK...LOWER BIG RUN...MILL RUN...DESERT FORK...LAUREL CREEK...RIGHT
FORK HOLLY RIVER...ELK RIVER...BIG RUN...POINT MOUNTAIN RUN...SUGAR
CREEK AND POTATO KNOB RUN.
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 3864 8025 3860 8023 3852 8035 3854 8054
3863 8049
$$
302 follow-up statements
889
WGUS71 KRLX 030027
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
827 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016
WVC101-030130-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-160803T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WEBSTER WV-
827 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY...
AT 824 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN
CONTINUES TO FALL...AND AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED.
RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE RISES IN CREEKS...SOME OF WHICH WILL
LIKELY EXCEED THEIR BANKS SHORTLY IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...LEFT FORK HOLLY
RIVER...LITTLE SUGAR CREEK...HODAM CREEK...LAUREL FORK...MILLER
CREEK...LOWER BIG RUN...MILL RUN...DESERT FORK...LAUREL
CREEK...RIGHT FORK HOLLY RIVER...ELK RIVER...BIG RUN...POINT
MOUNTAIN RUN...SUGAR CREEK AND POTATO KNOB RUN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.
&&
LAT...LON 3864 8025 3860 8023 3852 8035 3854 8054
3863 8049
$$
30532
WGUS71 KRLX 030123
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
923 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016
WVC101-030132-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-160803T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WEBSTER WV-
923 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 930 PM EDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...RUNOFF WILL KEEP AREA CREEKS
ELEVATED THROUGH THE NIGHT.
LAT...LON 3864 8025 3860 8023 3852 8035 3854 8054
3863 8049
$$
30The 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, 3:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 53 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.