Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2016, 9:07 PM EDT for Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It was in force for 113 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2016, 9:07 PM EDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2016, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 341 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1330 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
642
WGUS51 KRNK 010107
FFWRNK
WVC055-063-089-010300-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0005.160601T0107Z-160601T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
907 PM EDT TUE MAY 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL SUMMERS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL MERCER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 905 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PETERSTOWN...
LICK CREEK...
AND BOZOO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 3739 8076 3741 8082 3742 8083 3743 8086
3741 8086 3738 8088 3744 8097 3752 8094
3752 8078
$$
RAB2 follow-up statements
794
WGUS71 KRNK 010145
FFSRNK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
945 PM EDT TUE MAY 31 2016
WVC055-063-089-010300-
/O.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160601T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUMMERS WV-MERCER WV-MONROE WV-
945 PM EDT TUE MAY 31 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL SUMMERS...EXTREME EAST CENTRAL MERCER AND
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES...
AT 942 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS
PERSISTED NEAR THE MONROE...SUMMERS...MERCER COUNTY BORDERS BETWEEN
LICK CREEK...BOZOO...AND ALGOOD. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS BEEN IN
EXTREME SOUTHERN SUMMERS COUNTY...JUST WEST OF BOZOO...WHERE NEARLY
3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS
LIKELY IN THIS AREA.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PETERSTOWN...
LICK CREEK...
AND BOZOO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING...
INCLUDING MUDSLIDES OR ROAD CLOSURES...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS
AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON TWITTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3739 8076 3741 8082 3742 8083 3743 8086
3741 8086 3738 8088 3744 8097 3752 8094
3752 8078
$$
RAB233
WGUS71 KRNK 010301
FFSRNK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1101 PM EDT TUE MAY 31 2016
WVC055-063-089-010307-
/O.EXP.KRNK.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160601T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUMMERS WV-MERCER WV-MONROE WV-
1101 PM EDT TUE MAY 31 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL SUMMERS...
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL MERCER...AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MONROE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM EDT...
RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED IN THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES
THAT RAINFALL OF 2.5 TO 3 INCHES WAS COMMON ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED
AREA...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN BOZOO...LICK CREEK...AND ELGOOD. HOWEVER...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 1/2 INCH OVER THE NEXT
HOUR. SOME CREEKS...STREAMS...AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE...POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA MAY BE FLOODED FOR A WHILE LONGER...BUT
FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED.
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 3739 8076 3741 8082 3742 8083 3743 8086
3741 8086 3738 8088 3744 8097 3752 8094
3752 8078
$$
RABThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 10:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.