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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Charleston, WV

May 1, 20164 counties in Kentucky; Cabell County, Wayne County, West Virginia; Lawrence County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 2016, 5:25 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky; Cabell County, Wayne County, West Virginia; Lawrence County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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: May 1, 2016, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2016, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lawrence County, OH, Cabell County, WV, Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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
May 1, 5:45 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 Ssw Ashland, KY	2600 BLOCK OF SHOPES CREEK ROAD WASHED OUT ALONG SHOPE CREEK. REPORT VIA 911 CENTER
May 1, 6:00 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Ese Huntington, WV	I64 11-12/13 MILE - THINKS DRAINS MAY BE CLOGGED. HWY 60 ARLINGTON BLVD... ROAD PONDING.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 170 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 196 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

227 
WGUS51 KRLX 012125
FFWRLX
KYC019-043-089-127-OHC087-WVC011-099-020030-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0006.160501T2125Z-160502T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
525 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREENUP COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
  NORTH CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
  EASTERN CARTER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
  BOYD COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
  NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
  CABELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
    
* AT 522 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT REPETITIVE
  THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS WERE MOVING ACROSS ACROSS
  THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  HUNTINGTON...ASHLAND...IRONTON...GRAYSON...COAL GROVE...WAYNE...
  CHESAPEAKE...PROCTORVILLE...BEECH FORK STATE PARK...CANNONSBURG...
  GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK...BARBOURSVILLE...KENOVA...MILTON...
  CATLETTSBURG...CEREDO...RUSH...DURBIN...PRINCESS AND DENTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS
AROUND HUNTINGTON. THE HIGHEST THREAT AREAS FOR FLOODING ARE THE
RAILROAD VIADUCTS AT 1ST...8TH...10TH...16TH AND 20TH STREETS. IN
ADDITION...THE RAILROAD VIADUCT AT 14TH STREET WEST MAY FLOOD.
FLOODING MAY ALSO BE OCCURRING ALONG 5TH AVENUE BETWEEN 24TH AND 25TH
STREETS.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

YOU MAY ALSO REPORT HIGH WATER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

&&

LAT...LON 3848 8304 3851 8263 3851 8210 3847 8206
      3837 8209 3835 8212 3834 8218 3831 8220
      3831 8221 3829 8221 3827 8224 3825 8226
      3821 8227 3820 8228 3818 8227 3821 8254
      3821 8308 3824 8311 3825 8311

$$

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2 follow-up statements

189 
WGUS71 KRLX 012335
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
735 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

KYC019-043-089-127-OHC087-WVC011-099-020030-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160502T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GREENUP KY-LAWRENCE KY-CARTER KY-BOYD KY-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE WV-
CABELL WV-
735 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GREENUP...NORTH CENTRAL LAWRENCE...EASTERN CARTER...
BOYD...SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE...NORTHERN WAYNE AND CABELL COUNTIES...

AT 729 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
WAS DIMINISHING ACROSS NORTHEAST KENTUCKY. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM
THESE STORMS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HUNTINGTON...ASHLAND...IRONTON...GRAYSON...COAL GROVE...WAYNE...CHESAPEAKE...
PROCTORVILLE...BEECH FORK STATE PARK...CANNONSBURG...GRAYSON LAKE STATE
PARK...BARBOURSVILLE...KENOVA...MILTON...CATLETTSBURG...CEREDO...RUSH...
DURBIN...PRINCESS AND DENTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS
AROUND HUNTINGTON. THE HIGHEST THREAT AREAS FOR FLOODING ARE THE
RAILROAD VIADUCTS AT 1ST...8TH...10TH...16TH AND 20TH STREETS. IN
ADDITION...THE RAILROAD VIADUCT AT 14TH STREET WEST MAY FLOOD.
FLOODING MAY ALSO BE OCCURRING ALONG 5TH AVENUE BETWEEN 24TH AND 25TH
STREETS.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

YOU MAY ALSO REPORT HIGH WATER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

&&

LAT...LON 3848 8304 3851 8263 3851 8210 3847 8206
      3837 8209 3835 8212 3834 8218 3831 8220
      3831 8221 3829 8221 3827 8224 3825 8226
      3821 8227 3820 8228 3818 8227 3821 8254
      3821 8308 3824 8311 3825 8311

$$

13

820 
WGUS71 KRLX 020025
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
825 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

KYC019-043-089-127-OHC087-WVC011-099-020032-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160502T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GREENUP KY-LAWRENCE KY-CARTER KY-BOYD KY-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE WV-
CABELL WV-
825 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENUP...NORTH CENTRAL
LAWRENCE...EASTERN CARTER...BOYD...SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE...NORTHERN
WAYNE AND CABELL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 3848 8304 3851 8263 3851 8210 3847 8206
      3837 8209 3835 8212 3834 8218 3831 8220
      3831 8221 3829 8221 3827 8224 3825 8226
      3821 8227 3820 8228 3818 8227 3821 8254
      3821 8308 3824 8311 3825 8311

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 8:27 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Lawrence	3 hr
May 1, 8:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Greenup	58 min
May 1, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	23 min
May 1, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	38 min
May 1, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boyd	41 min
May 1, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Carter	37 min
May 1, 4:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Lawrence	6 hr
May 1, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence	42 min
May 1, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Lawrence	51 min
May 1, 7:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Lawrence	3 hr
May 1, 6:01 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan, Mingo	3 hr
May 1, 9:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo, Nicholas and 5 more	3 hr
May 1, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Wayne	46 min
May 1, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan, Mingo	47 min
May 1, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Mason, Putnam	41 min
May 1, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln	48 min
May 1, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne	44 min
May 1, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh	43 min
May 1, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Wayne	22 min
May 1, 6:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln and 2 more	4 hr
May 1, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lewis	48 min
May 1, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam	25 min
May 1, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln	18 min
May 1, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette	50 min
May 1, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha	48 min
May 1, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan, Mingo	41 min
May 1, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Raleigh, Wyoming	53 min
May 1, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming	37 min
May 1, 7:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Raleigh, Wyoming	35 min
May 1, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan, Wyoming	37 min
May 1, 7:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell	51 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2016 Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2016 Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2016 Every 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.