Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 2016, 6:25 PM EDT for 8 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr. 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
- May 1, 2016, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2016, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Boone County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Putnam County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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, 7:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E Sod, WV | MCCORKLE RD CLOSED ALONG SPRING BRANCH WITH WASHOUT. REPORT VIA 911 CENTER |
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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
169
WGUS51 KRLX 012225
FFWRLX
WVC005-011-015-019-039-043-067-079-020230-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0007.160501T2225Z-160502T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
625 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
PUTNAM COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
WEST CENTRAL NICHOLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN CABELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 622 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED REPETITIVE THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON...NITRO...FAYETTEVILLE...WINFIELD...HAMLIN...CLAY...JEFFERSON...
SOUTH CHARLESTON...ST. ALBANS...DUNBAR...OAK HILL...HURRICANE...
SISSONVILLE...MILTON...MONTGOMERY...CHESAPEAKE...ELEANOR...MARMET...
ANSTED AND BELLE.
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.
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 3823 8227 3850 8209 3848 8206 3855 8206
3857 8205 3850 8089 3795 8104 3817 8228
$$
132 follow-up statements
463
WGUS71 KRLX 020035
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
835 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016
WVC005-011-015-019-039-043-067-079-020230-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160502T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN WV-BOONE WV-PUTNAM WV-KANAWHA WV-NICHOLAS WV-CABELL WV-
CLAY WV-FAYETTE WV-
835 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR
LINCOLN...NORTHERN BOONE...PUTNAM...KANAWHA...WEST CENTRAL
NICHOLAS...SOUTHEASTERN CABELL...CLAY AND NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE
COUNTIES...
AT 832 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
MODERATE RAIN WERE CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH THE
HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA...FLOODING AND
HIGH WATER MAY STILL OCCUR THIS EVENING. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON...NITRO...FAYETTEVILLE...WINFIELD...HAMLIN...CLAY...JEFFERSON...
SOUTH CHARLESTON...ST. ALBANS...DUNBAR...OAK HILL...HURRICANE...
SISSONVILLE...MILTON...MONTGOMERY...CHESAPEAKE...ELEANOR...MARMET...ANSTED
AND BELLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
YOU MAY ALSO REPORT HIGH WATER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.
&&
LAT...LON 3823 8227 3850 8209 3848 8206 3855 8206
3857 8205 3850 8089 3795 8104 3817 8228
$$
13904
WGUS71 KRLX 020141
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
941 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016
WVC005-011-015-019-039-043-067-079-020149-
/O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160502T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN WV-BOONE WV-PUTNAM WV-KANAWHA WV-NICHOLAS WV-CABELL WV-
CLAY WV-FAYETTE WV-
941 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LINCOLN...NORTHERN BOONE...PUTNAM...
KANAWHA...WEST CENTRAL NICHOLAS...SOUTHEASTERN CABELL...CLAY AND
NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AS THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED.
HOWEVER...SOME PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADS AND STREAM RUNOFF MY
CONTINUE THIS EVENING.
LAT...LON 3823 8227 3850 8209 3848 8206 3855 8206
3857 8205 3850 8089 3795 8104 3817 8228
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 6:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Mingo | 3 hr |
| May 1, 8:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 4 more | 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, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 23 min |
| May 1, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Mingo, Wayne | 38 min |
| May 1, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 41 min |
| May 1, 4:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Wayne | 6 hr |
| May 1, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 46 min |
| May 1, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 42 min |
| May 1, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 51 min |
| May 1, 5:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 3 hr |
| 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, 6:27 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, 7:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Mingo, Wayne, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| 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 |
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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.