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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Charleston, WV

August 10, 2016Gilmer County, West Virginia

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 10, 10:35 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 Ese Coxs Mills, WVCUSTOMER 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2016-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1093 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2016-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
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

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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

$$

COOPER
2 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

$$

COOPER
010 
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

$$

COOPER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 8:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBarbour52 min
Aug 10, 9:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLewis50 min
Aug 10, 9:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis3 hr
Aug 10, 10:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXHarrison64 min
Aug 10, 10:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRitchie60 min
Aug 11, 10:02 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRLXBoone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 16 more10 hr

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.