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Areal Flood Warning 22, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this areal flood warning at Jun 5, 2017, 11:49 AM EDT for Raleigh County, West Virginia. It was in force for 5 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
- Jun 5, 2017, 11:49 AM EDT (15:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2017, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Raleigh County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:52 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 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 Jun 5, 10:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 10:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 245 AM EDT Mon Jun 5 2017 VAZ003-004-WVZ033-034-515>526-060645- Dickenson-Buchanan-McDowell-Wyoming-Northwest Raleigh- Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette-Southeast Fayette- Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas-Northwest Webster- Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Pocahontas- Northwest Randolph-Southeast Randolph- 245 AM EDT Mon Jun 5 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia, and portions of northeast West Virginia, southeast West Virginia and southern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>032- 039-040-060645- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington- Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-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-Upshur-Barbour- 245 AM EDT Mon Jun 5 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio, and portions of central West Virginia, northern West Virginia, southern West Virginia and western West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. There is a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Damaging winds are the primary threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 10:21 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 10:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 114 min |
| Jun 5, 11:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette | 7 hr |
| Jun 5, 12:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wyoming | 114 min |
| Jun 5, 12:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wyoming | 97 min |
| Jun 5, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan, Wyoming | 111 min |
| Jun 5, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood | 56 min |
| Jun 5, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood | 26 min |
| Jun 5, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Greenup | 66 min |
| Jun 5, 3:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Greenup | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.