Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Charleston, WV
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.
- 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
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
$$
082 follow-up statements
609
WGUS71 KRLX 290254
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1054 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016
WVC017-033-290500-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0059.000000T0000Z-160829T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DODDRIDGE WV-HARRISON WV-
1054 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DODDRIDGE AND NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTIES...
AT 1052 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED
OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED UP TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AND FLASH FLOODING MAY STILL BE ONGOING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LUMBERPORT...WALLACE...SEDALIA AND CENTER POINT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.
&&
LAT...LON 3938 8034 3933 8048 3935 8066 3939 8066
3940 8062 3943 8057 3943 8053 3944 8052
3945 8046
$$
COOPER897
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
$$
16The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 9:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison | 64 min |
| Aug 28, 10:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wood | 44 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.