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Areal Flood Warning 79, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this areal flood warning at Jun 2, 2018, 9:25 AM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 21 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 2, 2018, 9:25 AM EDT (13:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2018, 6:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Pocahontas County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:27 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 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 Jun 2, 6:35 AM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 6:35 AM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 5:18 AM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 518 AM EDT Sat Jun 2 2018 WVZ039-040-521>526-030930- Upshur-Barbour-Northwest Webster-Southeast Webster- Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Pocahontas-Northwest Randolph- Southeast Randolph- 518 AM EDT Sat Jun 2 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for areas in and near the northern mountains of West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. There is a marginal slight risk for excessive rainfall today and tonight. Showers and thunderstorms will affect the area today and tonight. With saturated grounds, localized flash flooding is possible. If confidence increases in a more widespread flash flood threat, then a flash flood watch may be issued. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>034-515>520-030930- 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-Northwest Raleigh- Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette-Southeast Fayette- Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas- 518 AM EDT Sat Jun 2 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio, southwest Virginia, the West Virginia lowlands, and the central and southern mountains of West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. TRM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 11:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Pocahontas | 13 hr |
| Jun 2, 11:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 8 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2018Every areal flood warning in 2018
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.