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Flash Flood Warning 100, NWS Charleston, WV

August 21, 2022Doddridge County, Harrison County, Lewis County, West Virginia

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2022-08-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 786 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2022-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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, Aug 20, 1:16 PM EDT, 11 hours 2 minutes before
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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Local storm report, Aug 20, 10:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 9:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXDoddridge36 min
Aug 21, 2:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLincoln, Logan, Mingo44 min
Aug 21, 2:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Lincoln, Logan51 min
Aug 21, 3:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXKanawha29 min
Aug 21, 3:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone28 min
Aug 21, 3:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRoane32 min
Aug 21, 3:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane43 min
Aug 21, 4:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXClay33 min
Aug 21, 4:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Fayette, Nicholas30 min
Aug 21, 4:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRoane35 min
Aug 21, 4:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXNicholas31 min
Aug 21, 5:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXJackson25 min
Aug 21, 6:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRoane44 min
Aug 21, 7:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone24 min
Aug 21, 7:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBraxton, Gilmer37 min
Aug 21, 7:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLogan34 min
Aug 21, 7:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone33 min
Aug 21, 8:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXKanawha31 min
Aug 21, 8:58 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoone, Lincoln, Logan6 hr
Aug 21, 4:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants, Tyler2 hr
Aug 21, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXTyler37 min
Aug 21, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXClay26 min
Aug 20, 8:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPerry32 min
Aug 20, 8:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMorgan45 min
Aug 20, 9:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPerry34 min
Aug 21, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPerry25 min
Aug 21, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMeigs33 min
Aug 21, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXVinton16 min
Aug 21, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens, Vinton26 min
Aug 21, 4:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMorgan, Perry3 hr
Aug 21, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPerry35 min
Aug 21, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMorgan, Perry24 min
Aug 21, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPerry30 min
Aug 21, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMorgan25 min
Aug 21, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXNoble36 min

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Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2022Every flash flood warning in 2022

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.