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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2016, 10:07 PM EDT for Gilmer County, West Virginia. It was in force for 113 min. 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 10, 2016, 10:07 PM EDT (02:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Gilmer County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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 10, 10:35 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ese Coxs Mills, WV | CUSTOMER OF USPS TROY REPORTED CREEK CAME OUT OF BANK NEAR COXS MILLS. WENT TO BED AT 945... SON HAD SAID CREEK ROSE/DROPPED VERY QUICKLY SOMETIME AFTER. WATER IN BARN NEAR CREEK. 6 COWS DEAD... CAUSE UNCLEAR. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR AND HYDRO EXPERT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1093 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1028 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
952
WGUS51 KRLX 110207
FFWRLX
WVC021-110400-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0055.160811T0207Z-160811T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1007 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
* AT 1006 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COXS MILLS AND NEWBERNE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO POSSIBLY TWO INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 3910 8075 3906 8078 3902 8080 3899 8073
3893 8089 3898 8093 3903 8093 3909 8084
3908 8084 3909 8083 3909 8082 3911 8081
$$
COOPER2 follow-up statements
484
WGUS71 KRLX 110259
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1059 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2016
WVC021-110400-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0055.000000T0000Z-160811T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GILMER WV-
1059 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL GILMER COUNTY...
AT 1057 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING MAY STILL BE OCCURRING
AND THE THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COXS MILLS AND NEWBERNE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY...OR YOU CAN REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...800 401 9535.
YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.
&&
LAT...LON 3910 8075 3906 8078 3902 8080 3899 8073
3893 8089 3898 8093 3903 8093 3909 8084
3908 8084 3909 8083 3909 8082 3911 8081
$$
COOPER010
WGUS71 KRLX 110352
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1152 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2016
WVC021-110400-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0055.000000T0000Z-160811T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GILMER WV-
1152 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL GILMER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING. FLOODING IS
NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. IF YOU DO ENCOUNTER HIGH WATER...AVOID THE
AREA UNTIL WATER LEVELS RETURN TO NORMAL.
ADDITIONALLY...SOME SMALL CREEKS AND BASINS MAY RUN HIGHER THAN
NORMAL THROUGH THE NIGHT. WHILE NOT AN IMMEDIATE THREAT...BE
CAUTIOUS NEAR ANY WATERWAYS.
LAT...LON 3910 8075 3906 8078 3902 8080 3899 8073
3893 8089 3898 8093 3903 8093 3909 8084
3908 8084 3909 8083 3909 8082 3911 8081
$$
COOPERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour | 52 min |
| Aug 10, 9:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lewis | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 9:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 10:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison | 64 min |
| Aug 10, 10:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Ritchie | 60 min |
| Aug 11, 10:02 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 16 more | 10 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.