Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 2016, 3:38 PM EDT for 6 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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 2, 2016, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2016, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Boone County, WV, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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 2, 4:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Avondale, WV | FACEBOOK FAN SHARED PICTURES WITH RUSHING WATER AND REPORTED SEVERAL MUDSLIDES IN VICINITY |
| May 2, 5:23 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Welch, WV | NUMEROUS FULL DITCHES WITH STANDING WATER ON ROADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. |
| May 2, 7:10 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Wharncliffe, WV | PER DISPATCH BENS CREEK OUT OF BANKS... COVERING ROADWAY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
769
WGUS51 KRLX 021938
FFWRLX
WVC005-045-047-059-081-109-030130-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0009.160502T1938Z-160503T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
338 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
RALEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
MINGO COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
WYOMING COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
MCDOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 337 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...
BECKLEY...WELCH...LOGAN...PINEVILLE...MULLENS...MABSCOTT...OCEANA...
SOPHIA...CHAPMANVILLE...GARY...WAR...MAN...DELBARTON...NORTHFORK...SHADY
SPRING...PROSPERITY...R.D. BAILEY LAKE...WHARTON...BALD KNOB AND
HOLDEN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3738 8193 3747 8200 3753 8194 3756 8211
3785 8241 3795 8228 3802 8200 3804 8164
3797 8134 3788 8129 3782 8095 3771 8089
3771 8098 3759 8109 3758 8120 3727 8142
3720 8168
$$
142 follow-up statements
341
WGUS71 KRLX 022135
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
535 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
WVC005-045-047-059-081-109-030130-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160503T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RALEIGH WV-BOONE WV-MINGO WV-WYOMING WV-LOGAN WV-MCDOWELL WV-
535 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR
RALEIGH...SOUTHERN BOONE...MINGO...WYOMING...LOGAN AND MCDOWELL
COUNTIES...
AT 531 PM EDT...RADAR ESTIMATES, AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER
AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN MOST PLACES.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED OR HAS BEGUN.
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. MUDSLIDES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN
AVONDALE, IN MCDOWELL COUNTY WV.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BECKLEY...WELCH...LOGAN...PINEVILLE...MULLENS...MABSCOTT...OCEANA...SOPHIA...
CHAPMANVILLE...GARY...WAR...MAN...DELBARTON...NORTHFORK...SHADY SPRING...
PROSPERITY...R.D. BAILEY LAKE...WHARTON...BALD KNOB AND HOLDEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
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 3738 8193 3747 8200 3753 8194 3756 8211
3785 8241 3795 8228 3802 8200 3804 8164
3797 8134 3788 8129 3782 8095 3771 8089
3771 8098 3759 8109 3758 8120 3727 8142
3720 8168
$$
14558
WGUS71 KRLX 030026
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
826 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
WVC005-045-047-059-081-109-030036-
/O.CAN.KRLX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160503T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RALEIGH WV-BOONE WV-MINGO WV-WYOMING WV-LOGAN WV-MCDOWELL WV-
826 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RALEIGH...SOUTHERN BOONE...MINGO...
WYOMING...LOGAN AND MCDOWELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3738 8193 3747 8200 3753 8194 3756 8211
3785 8241 3795 8228 3802 8200 3804 8164
3797 8134 3788 8129 3782 8095 3771 8089
3771 8098 3759 8109 3758 8120 3727 8142
3720 8168
$$
14The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 1:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt, Wood | 48 min |
| May 2, 2:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gilmer, Ritchie, Wirt | 62 min |
| May 2, 3:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 18 hr |
| May 2, 6:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 26 min |
| May 2, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 43 min |
| May 2, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 40 min |
| May 2, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Mingo | 53 min |
| May 2, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh | 49 min |
| May 2, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 42 min |
| May 2, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 35 min |
| May 2, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne | 4 hr |
| May 2, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming | 33 min |
| May 2, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Nicholas, Roane and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 2, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 39 min |
| May 2, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 31 min |
Nearby
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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.