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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 23, 2016Greenbrier County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2016, 4:41 PM EDT for Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr. 4 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: Jun 23, 2016, 4:41 PM EDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2016, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Emergency: Flash flood emergency
Flood severity: None

County Greenbrier County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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
Jun 23, 4:47 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Se Renick, WV	219 NORTH BETWEEN RENNICK AND FRANKFORD IS BLOCKED DUE TO FLOODING. TRAFFIC BEING REROUTED.
Jun 23, 6:00 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Renick, WV	ROUTE 219 SOUTH OF RENICK IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM SPRING CREEK.
Jun 23, 6:30 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 Nne White Sulphur Spr, WV	NUMEROUS ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING THAT CAUSED A STRUCTURE TO DRIFT OFF OF ITS FOUNDATION, DOWN A FLOODED STREAM, AND CAUGHT FIRE PRIOR TO IMPACTING A BRIDGE ALONG BRIDGE DRAFT ROAD IN WHITE SULFUR SPRINGS. REPORT WAS GATHERED
Jun 23, 8:13 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 6.79	Quinwood, WV	PUBLIC REPORTS RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE MIDNIGHT OF 6.79INCH OF RAINFALL IN QUINWOOD, WV.

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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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: 1051 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 5.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

940 
WGUS51 KRNK 232041
FFWRNK
WVC025-240130-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0017.160623T2041Z-160624T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
441 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR GREENBRIER COUNTY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GREENBRIER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
    
* AT 427 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLASH
  FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES WATER
  RESCUES...NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES...AND FLOODED HOMES. RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS TODAY HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS 7 INCHES AS REPORTED BY GAUGES
  AND RADAR. 

  FLASH FLOODING LEVELS ARE BECOMING HISTORIC AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY 
  RAINFALL IS ON THE WAY BETWEEN 430 PM AND 6PM EDT...WHICH WILL
  CAUSE EVEN MORE SEVERE FLOODING. THIS RAINFALL WILL ALSO LIKELY 
  RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT MUD SLIDES NEAR  STEEP TERRAIN. MUD SLIDES
  CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE
  MATERIALS...AND ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR GREENBRIER COUNTY...AND
  SUPERCEDES ALL PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR THE
  COUNTY. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  QUINWOOD...  
  MEADOW BLUFF...
  WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...
  RUPERT...
  RENICK...
  AND RAINELLE. 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS OF UP TO 
TWO MORE INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

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

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING...
INCLUDING MUDSLIDES OR ROAD CLOSURES...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS
AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON TWITTER.

&&

LAT...LON 3822 8036 3811 8036 3805 8026 3806 7996
      3805 7998 3787 8016 3770 8028 3769 8038
      3772 8040 3769 8046 3773 8066 3787 8080
      3787 8075 3795 8081 3799 8077 3804 8083
      3806 8080 3808 8089 3808 8071 3827 8044

$$

SK

3 follow-up statements

114 
WGUS71 KRNK 232213
FFSRNK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
613 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

WVC025-240130-
/O.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160624T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GREENBRIER WV-
613 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR GREENBRIER COUNTY...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR 
GREENBRIER COUNTY...

AT 600 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN STILL MOVING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST...WITH NEW THUNDERSTORMS
IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND ALSO MORE CROSSING THE OHIO RIVER.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT SEVERAL MORE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL
MOVE INTO PARTS OF THE COUNTY THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. RAIN GAUGES
AND RADAR SUGGEST ANYWHERE FROM 7 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
SINCE THIS MORNING. VERY SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING...AND MAY STILL GET WORSE BEFORE GETTING BETTER!
SIGNIFICANT LANDSLIDES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR ALL OF GREENBRIER COUNTY. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND NOW! DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ANYWHERE THIS
EVENING. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION!

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA WILL CAUSE LANDSLIDES NEAR
STEEP TERRAIN. THESE CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND
OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS. IF YOU LIVE ON OR NEAR THE BASE OF A STEEP
SLOPE...LISTEN FOR THE SOUND OF CRACKING AND CRASHING WHICH MAY
INDICATE ROCKS AND LARGE DEBRIS COMING DOWN THE SLOPE. RUN TO HIGHER
GROUND OR A FLATTER AREA AWAY FROM STEEP SLOPES AND AWAY FROM CREEKS
IF YOU HEAR THIS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE THE MOST SERIOUS FLASH 
FLOODING FLOODING INCLUDE...
QUINWOOD...
RAINELLE...
RUPERT...
LEWISBURG AIRPORT...
RENICK...
WILLIAMSBURG...
FRANKFORD...
AND WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

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

STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.

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

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING...
INCLUDING MUDSLIDES OR ROAD CLOSURES...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS
AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON TWITTER.

&&

LAT...LON 3822 8036 3811 8036 3805 8026 3806 7996
      3805 7998 3787 8016 3770 8028 3769 8038
      3772 8040 3769 8046 3773 8066 3787 8080
      3787 8075 3795 8081 3799 8077 3804 8083
      3806 8080 3808 8089 3808 8071 3827 8044

$$

SK

517 
WGUS71 KRNK 240040
FFSRNK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
840 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

WVC025-240130-
/O.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160624T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GREENBRIER WV-
840 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GREENBRIER COUNTY...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR 
GREENBRIER COUNTY...

AT 832 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MOST OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN
WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA....HOWEVER IN THE
LAST THREE HOURS ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL HAS
OCCURRED. EXTREME FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING AND WILL
CONTINUE. 

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR GREENBRIER COUNTY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND NOW! DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ANYWHERE THIS EVENING. THIS IS A
LIFE THREATENING SITUATION!

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA WILL CAUSE LANDSLIDES NEAR
STEEP TERRAIN. THESE CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND
OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS. IF YOU LIVE ON OR NEAR THE BASE OF A STEEP
SLOPE...LISTEN FOR THE SOUND OF CRACKING AND CRASHING WHICH MAY
INDICATE ROCKS AND LARGE DEBRIS COMING DOWN THE SLOPE. RUN TO HIGHER
GROUND OR A FLATTER AREA AWAY FROM STEEP SLOPES AND AWAY FROM CREEKS
IF YOU HEAR THIS.


SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALLEGHANY...
LEWISBURG...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...
RONCEVERTE...
AND RAINELLE. 
 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

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

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING...
INCLUDING MUDSLIDES OR ROAD CLOSURES...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS
AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON TWITTER.

&&

LAT...LON 3822 8036 3811 8036 3805 8026 3806 7996
      3805 7998 3787 8016 3770 8028 3769 8038
      3772 8040 3769 8046 3773 8066 3787 8080
      3787 8075 3795 8081 3799 8077 3804 8083
      3806 8080 3808 8089 3808 8071 3827 8044

$$

SK

306 
WGUS71 KRNK 240132
FFSRNK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
932 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

WVC025-240140-
/O.EXP.KRNK.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160624T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GREENBRIER WV-
932 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GREENBRIER COUNTY HAS EXPIRED HOWEVER
AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT DUE TO
ONGOING VERY SERIOUS FLOODING...

WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...VERY SERIOUS FLOODING IS CONTINUING
AND A STATE OF EMERGENCY REMAINS IN EFFECT. PLEASE REVIEW TO THE NEW
AREAL FLOOD WARNING FOR MORE DETAILS.

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING...
INCLUDING MUDSLIDES OR ROAD CLOSURES...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS
AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON TWITTER.

LAT...LON 3822 8036 3811 8036 3805 8026 3806 7996
      3805 7998 3787 8016 3770 8028 3769 8038
      3772 8040 3769 8046 3773 8066 3787 8080
      3787 8075 3795 8081 3799 8077 3804 8083
      3806 8080 3808 8089 3808 8071 3827 8044

$$

SK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 2:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	57 min
Jun 23, 3:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	40 min
Jun 23, 5:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Summers	82 min
Jun 23, 6:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	81 min
Jun 23, 7:38 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Summers	6 hr
Jun 23, 8:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers	50 min
Jun 23, 8:18 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Summers	6 hr
Jun 23, 8:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	47 min
Jun 23, 8:58 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Mercer, Monroe, Summers	6 hr
Jun 23, 11:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	54 min
Jun 23, 11:30 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Greenbrier	6 hr
Jun 23, 1:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Greenbrier	10 hr
Jun 23, 1:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Monroe	54 min
Jun 23, 2:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Greenbrier	6 hr
Jun 23, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers	59 min
Jun 23, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Monroe	39 min
Jun 23, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	18 min
Jun 23, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier	37 min
Jun 23, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier	48 min
Jun 23, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	35 min
Jun 23, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Mercer, Monroe, Summers	38 min
Jun 23, 7:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers	37 hr
Jun 23, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	34 min
Jun 23, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Mercer, Monroe	45 min
Jun 23, 7:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Mercer	42 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 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.