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Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 15, 2016, 5:54 PM EDT for Lewis County, West Virginia. It was in force for 111 min. 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 15, 2016, 5:54 PM EDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2016, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 111 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lewis County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
507 WGUS51 KRLX 152154 FFWRLX WVC041-152345- /O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0056.160815T2154Z-160815T2345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 554 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 551 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...WITH ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EXPECTED. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HORNER. 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 3909 8031 3896 8036 3896 8049 3909 8042 $$ 05
1 follow-up statement
626 WGUS71 KRLX 152341 FFSRLX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 741 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016 WVC041-152350- /O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0056.000000T0000Z-160815T2345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LEWIS WV- 741 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED SO FAR. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3909 8031 3896 8036 3896 8049 3909 8042 $$ 05
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 59 min |
| Aug 14, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 45 min |
| Aug 15, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison, Taylor | 58 min |
| Aug 15, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison, Taylor | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Taylor | 23 min |
| Aug 15, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln, Logan, Wayne | 50 min |
| Aug 15, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay | 55 min |
| Aug 15, 6:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer | 108 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.