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Flash Flood Warning 100, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 21, 2022, 12:18 AM EDT for Doddridge County, Harrison County, Lewis County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 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
- Aug 21, 2022, 12:18 AM EDT (04:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2022, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Doddridge County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Lewis County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 786 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Aug 20, 10:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 10:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 116 PM EDT Sat Aug 20 2022 OHZ066-067-075-076-084-211730- Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-Vinton- 116 PM EDT Sat Aug 20 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast Ohio. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Strong to severe storms are possible this afternoon, damaging wind gusts are the primary threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Strong to severe storms are possible Sunday afternoon and evening, damaging wind gusts are the primary threat, but a brief tornado cannot be ruled out. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ083-085>087-WVZ005>011-013>019-211730- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Jackson OH-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH- Wayne-Cabell-Mason-Jackson WV-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Lincoln-Putnam- Kanawha-Roane-Wirt-Calhoun-Ritchie- 116 PM EDT Sat Aug 20 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, portions of southeast Ohio, and portions of central West Virginia, northern West Virginia, southern West Virginia and western West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Strong to severe storms are possible this afternoon, damaging wind gusts are the primary threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Strong to severe storms are possible Sunday afternoon and evening, damaging wind gusts are the primary threat. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. WVZ020-024>032-040-211730- Doddridge-Mingo-Logan-Boone-Clay-Braxton-Gilmer-Lewis-Harrison- Taylor-Barbour- 116 PM EDT Sat Aug 20 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central West Virginia, northern West Virginia and southern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Strong to severe storms are possible Sunday afternoon and evening, damaging wind gusts are the primary threat. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. VAZ003-004-WVZ033-034-039-515>526-211730- Dickenson-Buchanan-McDowell-Wyoming-Upshur-Northwest Raleigh- Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette-Southeast Fayette- Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas-Northwest Webster- Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Pocahontas- Northwest Randolph-Southeast Randolph- 116 PM EDT Sat Aug 20 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia, and portions of northeast West Virginia, northern West Virginia, southeast West Virginia and southern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon 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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 20, 10:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1045 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0758 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 ESE JUNCTION CITY 39.71N 82.28W
08/20/2022 PERRY OH 911 CALL CENTER
PERRY COUNTY 911 CENTER HAD A REPORT OF A
TREE DOWN ON TOWNSHIP ROAD 122. TIME
ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge | 36 min |
| Aug 21, 2:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln, Logan, Mingo | 44 min |
| Aug 21, 2:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan | 51 min |
| Aug 21, 3:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 29 min |
| Aug 21, 3:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 28 min |
| Aug 21, 3:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 32 min |
| Aug 21, 3:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane | 43 min |
| Aug 21, 4:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay | 33 min |
| Aug 21, 4:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Nicholas | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 4:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 35 min |
| Aug 21, 4:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas | 31 min |
| Aug 21, 5:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 25 min |
| Aug 21, 6:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 44 min |
| Aug 21, 7:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 24 min |
| Aug 21, 7:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer | 37 min |
| Aug 21, 7:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan | 34 min |
| Aug 21, 7:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 33 min |
| Aug 21, 8:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 31 min |
| Aug 21, 8:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Tyler | 37 min |
| Aug 21, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay | 26 min |
| Aug 20, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 32 min |
| Aug 20, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan | 45 min |
| Aug 20, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 34 min |
| Aug 21, 1:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 25 min |
| Aug 21, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Meigs | 33 min |
| Aug 21, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Vinton | 16 min |
| Aug 21, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Vinton | 26 min |
| Aug 21, 4:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Morgan, Perry | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 35 min |
| Aug 21, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan, Perry | 24 min |
| Aug 21, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan | 25 min |
| Aug 21, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Noble | 36 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.