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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Charleston, WV

August 5, 2016Nicholas County, Webster County, West Virginia

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 5, 5:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD4 Ssw Boggs, WVSTROUDS 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2016-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 78 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2016-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 2:23 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRLXBarbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 19 more18 hr
Aug 5, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWebster45 min

Nearby

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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.