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Flood Watch 6, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flood watch at Apr 14, 2015, 10:55 AM EDT for Calhoun County, Gilmer County, Roane County, West Virginia. It took effect at Apr 14, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2015, 10:55 AM EDT (14:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2015, 7:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Calhoun County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Roane County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at Apr 14, 9:11 AM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 9:11 AM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 352 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2015 KYZ101>103-OHZ076-085>087-WVZ006>011-014-017-019-020-031-032-150800- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-WASHINGTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-CABELL-MASON- JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-PUTNAM-WIRT-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE- HARRISON-TAYLOR- 352 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. KYZ105-VAZ003-004-WVZ005-013-015-024>028-030-033>040-046-047-150800- LAWRENCE KY-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-LINCOLN-KANAWHA-MINGO-LOGAN- BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-LEWIS-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS- WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 352 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. OHZ066-067-075-083-084-150800- PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-JACKSON OH-VINTON- 352 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WVZ016-018-029-150800- ROANE-CALHOUN-GILMER- 352 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Putnam, Roane, Wirt | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Clay, Kanawha, Lewis and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Apr 14, 6:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 9 hr |
| Apr 14, 6:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 14, 10:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Lewis, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln | 28 hr |
| Apr 14, 10:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 28 hr |
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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.