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Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Charleston, WV

August 28, 2016Doddridge County, Harrison County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2016, 10:01 PM EDT for Doddridge County, Harrison 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 28, 2016, 10:01 PM EDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Doddridge County, WV, Harrison County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2016-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 900 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 2016-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
900 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1408 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

684 
WGUS51 KRLX 290201
FFWRLX
WVC017-033-290500-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0059.160829T0201Z-160829T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1001 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT

* AT 1001 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LUMBERPORT...WALLACE...CANTON...SEDALIA AND CENTER POINT. 

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 3938 8034 3933 8048 3936 8079 3942 8065
      3944 8055 3943 8054 3943 8053 3944 8052
      3945 8046

$$

08
2 follow-up statements
609 
WGUS71 KRLX 290254
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1054 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016

WVC017-033-290500-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0059.000000T0000Z-160829T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DODDRIDGE WV-HARRISON WV-
1054 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DODDRIDGE AND NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTIES...

AT 1052 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED
OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED UP TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AND FLASH FLOODING MAY STILL BE ONGOING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LUMBERPORT...WALLACE...SEDALIA AND CENTER POINT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.

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 3938 8034 3933 8048 3935 8066 3939 8066
      3940 8062 3943 8057 3943 8053 3944 8052
      3945 8046

$$

COOPER
897 
WGUS71 KRLX 290417
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1217 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2016

WVC017-033-290426-
/O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0059.000000T0000Z-160829T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DODDRIDGE WV-HARRISON WV-
1217 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DODDRIDGE AND
NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT.

LAT...LON 3938 8034 3933 8048 3935 8066 3939 8066
      3940 8062 3943 8057 3943 8053 3944 8052
      3945 8046

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 9:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXHarrison64 min
Aug 28, 10:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWood44 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016

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.