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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT for Nicholas County, Webster 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
- Aug 5, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Nicholas County, WV, Webster County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 5:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ssw Boggs, WV | STROUDS CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS BANK AND ACROSS STROUDS CREEK ROAD...THE WATER COVERED A RESIDENTS ENTIRE BACK YARD AS WELL AS THE ROAD. |
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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
875 WGUS51 KRLX 052015 FFWRLX WVC067-101-052315- /O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0052.160805T2015Z-160805T2315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 415 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL NICHOLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA... WEST CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 413 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN WITH POSSIBLY ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN EXPECTED. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BIRCH RIVER...COWEN...UPPER GLADE...BOGGS AND ERBACON. 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 3853 8047 3839 8046 3837 8078 3850 8077 $$ KISTNER
2 follow-up statements
158 WGUS71 KRLX 052234 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 634 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016 WVC067-101-052315- /O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160805T2315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NICHOLAS WV-WEBSTER WV- 634 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL NICHOLAS AND WEST CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTIES... AT 632 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN IS STARTING TO PUSH OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ALMOST 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AND WATER MAY CONTINUE TO RISE AS RUNOFF ENTERS INTO SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BIRCH RIVER...COWEN...UPPER GLADE...BOGGS AND ERBACON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX. && LAT...LON 3853 8047 3839 8046 3837 8078 3850 8077 $$ KISTNER
755 WGUS71 KRLX 052309 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 709 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016 WVC067-101-052318- /O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160805T2315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NICHOLAS WV-WEBSTER WV- 709 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NICHOLAS AND WEST CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3853 8047 3839 8046 3837 8078 3850 8077 $$ KISTNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 19 more | 18 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 45 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.