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Areal Flood Warning 85, NWS Charleston, WV

June 22, 2018Ritchie County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this areal flood warning at Jun 22, 2018, 12:28 AM EDT for Ritchie County, West Virginia. It was in force for 6 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 22, 2018, 12:28 AM EDT (04:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2018, 6:30 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Ritchie County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 237 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 201 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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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 21, 8:16 PM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 8:16 PM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 10:43 AM EDT, 13 hours 45 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Charleston WV
1043 AM EDT Thu Jun 21 2018

WVZ010-011-018>020-027>032-039-040-519>526-221445-
Pleasants-Tyler-Calhoun-Ritchie-Doddridge-Clay-Braxton-Gilmer-Lewis-
Harrison-Taylor-Upshur-Barbour-Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas-
Northwest Webster-Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas-
Southeast Pocahontas-Northwest Randolph-Southeast Randolph-
1043 AM EDT Thu Jun 21 2018

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central West
Virginia, northeast West Virginia, northern West Virginia and
southeast 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.

   Flash Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flash Flood Watch.

.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.

OHZ066-067-075-076-083>086-WVZ007>009-014>017-221445-
Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Mason-
Jackson WV-Wood-Putnam-Kanawha-Roane-Wirt-
1043 AM EDT Thu Jun 21 2018

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast Ohio,
and portions of central West Virginia, northern West Virginia,
southern West Virginia and western 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.

   Flash Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flash Flood Watch.

In addition, a few thunderstorms Friday afternoon and evening could
produce damaging wind gusts and/or large hail.

.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-OHZ087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005-006-013-024>026-033-034-
515>518-221445-
Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Lawrence OH-Dickenson-Buchanan-Wayne-
Cabell-Lincoln-Mingo-Logan-Boone-McDowell-Wyoming-Northwest Raleigh-
Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette-Southeast Fayette-
1043 AM EDT Thu Jun 21 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, portions
of southeast Ohio, southwest Virginia, and portions of southeast
West Virginia, southern West Virginia and western West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

If thunderstorms move over the same area repeatedly, flash flooding
could result.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

If thunderstorms move over the same area repeatedly Friday, flash
flooding could result.

In addition, a few thunderstorms Friday afternoon and evening could
produce damaging wind gusts and/or large hail.

.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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 21, 6:58 PM EDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 21, 7:52 PM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 10:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha	3 hr
Jun 22, 8:11 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Tyler	6 hr
Jun 22, 1:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Tyler	6 hr
Jun 22, 2:08 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Harrison	3 hr
Jun 22, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour	30 min
Jun 22, 2:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Randolph, Taylor and 1 more	3 hr
Jun 22, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette	37 min
Jun 22, 3:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Tyler	3 hr
Jun 22, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Roane	28 min
Jun 22, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	28 min
Jun 22, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln, Logan, Mingo	25 min
Jun 22, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Lewis	21 min
Jun 22, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge	32 min
Jun 22, 7:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	10 hr
Jun 22, 7:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis	6 hr
Jun 21, 10:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Vinton	15 hr
Jun 22, 8:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Washington	5 hr
Jun 22, 1:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Athens	24 hr
Jun 22, 4:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Perry	3 hr
Jun 22, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Vinton	34 min
Jun 22, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Vinton	33 min
Jun 22, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gallia, Meigs	31 min
Jun 22, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Meigs	31 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.