Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2016, 3:59 PM EDT for Braxton 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 6, 2016, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Braxton County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
865
WGUS51 KRLX 061959
FFWRLX
WVC007-062300-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0053.160806T1959Z-160806T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
359 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 358 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FRAMETOWN AND WILSIE.
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 3855 8078 3856 8079 3855 8081 3867 8095
3872 8087 3861 8070
$$
COOPER2 follow-up statements
063
WGUS71 KRLX 062024
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
424 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016
WVC007-062300-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160806T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BRAXTON WV-
424 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BRAXTON COUNTY...
AT 422 PM EDT...RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING
AREA...HOWEVER...UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH
FLOODING MAY BE ONGOING OR IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY AS RUNOFF
CONTINUES TO ENTER SMALL CREEKS AND BASINS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FRAMETOWN AND WILSIE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.
&&
LAT...LON 3855 8078 3856 8079 3855 8081 3867 8095
3872 8087 3861 8070
$$
COOPER674
WGUS71 KRLX 062148
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
548 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016
WVC007-062157-
/O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160806T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BRAXTON WV-
548 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BRAXTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING WILL NOT POSE A THREAT ONCE ANY
REMAINING FLOOD WATER HAS RECEDED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3855 8078 3856 8079 3855 8081 3867 8095
3872 8087 3861 8070
$$
COOPERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 49 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.