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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Charleston, WV

May 1, 20165 counties in West Virginia; Lawrence County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 2016, 7:24 PM EDT for 5 counties in West Virginia; Lawrence County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 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, 7:24 PM EDT (23:24 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2016, 10:30 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Lawrence County, KY, Boone County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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, 9:19 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Switzer, WV	CREEK IN SWITZER WEST VIRGINIA IS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND COVERING THE ROADWAYS

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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 225 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

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The text

As transmitted.

213 
WGUS51 KRLX 012324
FFWRLX
KYC127-WVC005-045-059-099-109-020230-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0008.160501T2324Z-160502T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
  MINGO COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHWESTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
  LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
    
* AT 722 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA WILL CAUSE
  MUD SLIDES NEAR STEEP TERRAIN. THE MUD SLIDE CAN CONSIST OF
  ROCK... MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...MAN...DELBARTON...BALD KNOB...HOLDEN...SOUTH
  WILLIAMSON...AFLEX...HODE...MALLORY...MOUNT GAY-SHAMROCK...GILBERT
  CREEK...CHIEF LOGAN STATE...RED JACKET...CHATTAROY...HINCH...
  AMHERSTDALE-ROBINETTE...OPPY...GILBERT AND WEST LOGAN.

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 3798 8227 3795 8230 3797 8221 3787 8159
      3751 8194 3755 8197 3753 8201 3757 8213
      3765 8218 3763 8221 3767 8229 3774 8233
      3776 8231 3781 8240 3790 8244 3796 8254
      3795 8258 3789 8260 3805 8271

$$

13

2 follow-up statements

164 
WGUS71 KRLX 020047
FFSRLX

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

KYC127-WVC005-045-059-099-109-020230-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160502T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE WV-BOONE WV-MINGO WV-WYOMING WV-LOGAN WV-
847 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE...SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE...SOUTH CENTRAL BOONE...
MINGO...NORTHWESTERN WYOMING AND LOGAN COUNTIES...

AT 844 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA WILL CAUSE MUD SLIDES NEAR
STEEP TERRAIN. THE MUD SLIDE CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION
AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...MAN...DELBARTON...BALD KNOB...HOLDEN...SOUTH
WILLIAMSON...AFLEX...HODE...MALLORY...MOUNT GAY-SHAMROCK...GILBERT CREEK...
CHIEF LOGAN STATE...RED JACKET...CHATTAROY...HINCH...
AMHERSTDALE-ROBINETTE...OPPY...GILBERT AND WEST LOGAN.

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 3798 8227 3795 8230 3797 8221 3787 8159
      3751 8194 3755 8197 3753 8201 3757 8213
      3765 8218 3763 8221 3767 8229 3774 8233
      3776 8231 3781 8240 3790 8244 3796 8254
      3795 8258 3789 8260 3805 8271

$$

13

539 
WGUS71 KRLX 020217
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1017 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

KYC127-WVC005-045-059-099-109-020226-
/O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160502T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE WV-BOONE WV-MINGO WV-WYOMING WV-LOGAN WV-
1017 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE...SOUTHEASTERN
WAYNE...SOUTH CENTRAL BOONE...MINGO...NORTHWESTERN WYOMING AND LOGAN
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 INTO THE LATE EVENING.

LAT...LON 3798 8227 3795 8230 3797 8221 3787 8159
      3751 8194 3755 8197 3753 8201 3757 8213
      3765 8218 3763 8221 3767 8229 3774 8233
      3776 8231 3781 8240 3790 8244 3796 8254
      3795 8258 3789 8260 3805 8271

$$

13

The 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, 6:25 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
May 1, 8:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Greenup	58 min
May 1, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Carter	37 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2016 Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 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.