Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2017, 3:06 PM EDT for Mingo County, West Virginia. It was in force for 84 min. 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 24, 2017, 3:06 PM EDT (19:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2017, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 84 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mingo County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 3:54 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Williamson, WV | WATER WAS GETTING INTO A SERVICE STATION ALONG ROUTE 52 COMING INTO TOWN.. DUE TO A SMALL CREEK BEHIND THE SERVICE STATION THAT WAS FLOODING. OTHER ROADS IN TOWN WERE BACKING UP DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE. |
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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 828 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
968
WGUS51 KRLX 241906
FFWRLX
WVC059-242030-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0016.170524T1906Z-170524T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
306 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
West central Mingo County in southern West Virginia...
* Until 430 PM EDT
* At 302 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected.
This warning includes extreme southern Mingo County that was not
included in the previous flash flood warning.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Williamson, Chattaroy and Naugatuck.
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 3766 8224 3766 8226 3768 8228 3767 8229
3768 8230 3770 8230 3774 8233 3776 8231
3776 8233 3778 8232 3777 8233 3782 8238
3781 8240 3784 8237 3764 8219 3763 8219
3763 8221
$$
051 follow-up statement
756
WGUS71 KRLX 242029
FFSRLX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
429 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017
WVC059-242037-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170524T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Mingo WV-
429 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINGO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 430 PM EDT...
The heavy rain has ended. Additional flooding is not expected.
However, please heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3766 8224 3766 8226 3768 8228 3767 8229
3768 8230 3770 8230 3774 8233 3776 8231
3776 8233 3778 8232 3777 8233 3782 8238
3781 8240 3784 8237 3764 8219 3763 8219
3763 8221
$$
05The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan | 23 min |
| May 24, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan | 32 min |
| May 24, 1:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo | 3 hr |
| May 24, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan | 30 min |
| May 24, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 30 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.