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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood watch at May 25, 2017, 2:56 AM EDT for 11 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2017, 2:56 AM EDT (06:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Boone County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 May 25, 1:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 1:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 1226 PM EDT Wed May 24 2017 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>009-013>019-024>029-033- 034-515>520-251630- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia- Lawrence OH-Dickenson-Buchanan-Wayne-Cabell-Mason-Jackson WV-Wood- Lincoln-Putnam-Kanawha-Roane-Wirt-Calhoun-Ritchie-Mingo-Logan-Boone- Clay-Braxton-Gilmer-McDowell-Wyoming-Northwest Raleigh- Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette-Southeast Fayette- Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas- 1226 PM EDT Wed May 24 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, portions of southeast Ohio, southwest Virginia, and portions of central West Virginia, northern West Virginia, southeast West Virginia, southern West Virginia and western West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon into tonight. The strongest storms could be capable of producing damaging winds, large hail and even an isolated tornado. Locally heavy rainfall is also possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. 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. OHZ066-067-075-076-WVZ010-011-020-030>032-039-040-521>526-251630- Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-Pleasants-Tyler-Doddridge-Lewis- Harrison-Taylor-Upshur-Barbour-Northwest Webster-Southeast Webster- Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Pocahontas-Northwest Randolph- Southeast Randolph- 1226 PM EDT Wed May 24 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast Ohio, and portions of central West Virginia, northeast West Virginia and northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon into tonight. Locally damaging winds and large hail are the main threats. However, locally heavy rainfall is also possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 24, 9:00 PM EDT, 5 hours 56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 24 min |
| May 24, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 27 min |
| May 24, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gallia | 30 min |
| May 25, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Vinton | 30 min |
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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.