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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Charleston, WV

July 3, 201322 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood watch at Jul 3, 2013, 3:56 AM EDT for 22 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Jul 3, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 58 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2013, 3:56 AM EDT (07:56 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 3, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 5, 2013, 10:17 PM EDT
In force: 58 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Flood severity: None

All 35 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, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha 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, Tyler County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 187 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: 303 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1326 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.3

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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 3, 1:29 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 1:29 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 4:39 AM EDT, 23 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
439 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-030845-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-
CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-
ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-
GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-
NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
439 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST
VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

REPETITIVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. IF IT APPEARS THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL TRAIN
OVER THE SAME AREAS...OR MOVE ACROSS AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY
RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN IN THE PAST FEW DAYS...FLASH FLOOD WATCHES OR
WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THE WET PATTERN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK...INCLUDING
THE INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAY. SHOULD CONFIDENCE INCREASE IN
PERSISTENT OR REPETITIVE SHOWERS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE
NEEDED FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE COUNTIES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 10:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 2, 10:34 PM EDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 9:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln	45 min
Jul 3, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens	62 min
Jul 3, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	62 min
Jul 3, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Morgan	61 min
Jul 3, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Greenup	57 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2013 Flash Flood Watches in Ohio, 2013 Flash Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2013 Every 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.