Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Watches in 2013
Flash Flood Watch 11, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood watch at Jul 20, 2013, 4:21 AM EDT for 28 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Jul 20, 2013, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 56 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 2013, 4:21 AM EDT (08:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 20, 2013, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2013, 10:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Flood severity
- None
All 41 counties
Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 1339 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1093 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jul 20, 3:13 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 3:13 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 2:14 PM EDT, 14 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 214 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 KYZ102-103-105-WVZ005-006-013>016-018-024>030-201815- CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE-CABELL-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE- CALHOUN-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS- 214 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. SHOULD REPETITIVE CELLS MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCALIZED AREA...FLOODING CONCERNS MAY DEVELOP ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAINFALL AS WELL AS STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...TRENDS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR POTENTIAL FLOOD CONCERNS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ003-004-WVZ033>040-046-047-201815- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER- UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 214 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. SHOULD REPETITIVE CELLS MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCALIZED AREA...FLOODING CONCERNS MAY DEVELOP ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAINFALL AS WELL AS STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...TRENDS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR POTENTIAL FLOOD CONCERNS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KYZ101-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ007>011-017-019-020-031-032- 201815- GREENUP-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS- GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-WIRT- RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-HARRISON-TAYLOR- 214 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SHOULD REPETITIVE CELLS MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCALIZED AREA...FLOODING CONCERNS MAY DEVELOP ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...TRENDS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR POTENTIAL FLOOD CONCERNS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 19, 10:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 8:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 53 min |
| Jul 19, 8:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Roane | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 58 min |
| Jul 20, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph, Upshur | 52 min |
| Jul 20, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Putnam | 61 min |
| Jul 20, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh | 56 min |
| Jul 20, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Putnam | 44 min |
| Jul 20, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan, Washington | 60 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2013Flash Flood Watches in Ohio, 2013Flash Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2013Every flash flood watch in 2013
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.