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Areal Flood Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this areal flood warning at Mar 4, 2015, 6:27 AM EST for 7 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 32 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2015, 6:27 AM EST (11:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2015, 2:30 PM EST
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Barbour County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:29 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 429 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 447 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Mar 4, 4:42 AM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 4:42 AM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 448 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015 KYZ105-WVZ005>008-013>020-024>032-035>040-046-047-051000- LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA- ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON- GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR- BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 448 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. WINTER STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. WINTER STORM WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. KYZ101>103-OHZ085>087-WVZ009>011-051000- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER- 448 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. WINTER STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. WINTER STORM WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. VAZ003-004-WVZ033-034-051000- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING- 448 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. OHZ066-067-075-076-083-084-051000- PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON- 448 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. WINTER STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. WINTER STORM WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 4, 6:13 AM EST, 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 4:46 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 16 hr |
| Mar 4, 6:20 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 6:43 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Fayette, McDowell, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh and 3 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 4, 6:49 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 6 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 4, 6:56 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Raleigh and 1 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 4, 6:59 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler, Wirt, Wood | 32 hr |
| Mar 4, 7:05 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette and 6 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 4, 7:25 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RLX | Logan | 16 hr |
| Mar 4, 9:53 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour | 49 hr |
| Mar 4, 9:53 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour | 38 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:08 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RLX | Mingo | 42 hr |
| Mar 4, 5:29 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RLX | Upshur | 29 hr |
| Mar 4, 7:10 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Meigs | 32 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Jackson, Vinton | 5 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2015Every areal flood warning in 2015
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.