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Flood Watch 8, NWS Charleston, WV

July 17, 202219 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flood watch at Jul 17, 2022, 9:55 AM EDT for 19 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Jul 17, 2022, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 17, 2022, 9:55 AM EDT (13:55 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 17, 2022, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 18, 2022, 7:11 PM EDT
In force: 32 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Flood severity: None

All 32 counties

Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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: 934 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 933 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at Jul 17, 9:29 AM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 9:29 AM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 4:52 AM EDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 9:05 AM EDT, 50 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
Jul 17, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Wayne	26 min
Jul 17, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood	37 min
Jul 17, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Roane	31 min
Jul 17, 6:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell	35 min
Jul 17, 6:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln	25 min
Jul 17, 7:11 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Putnam	3 hr
Jul 17, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Putnam	34 min
Jul 17, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Kanawha, Roane, Wirt	29 min
Jul 17, 7:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge	38 min
Jul 17, 9:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	40 min
Jul 17, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Meigs	26 min
Jul 17, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens	36 min
Jul 17, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	26 min
Jul 17, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Meigs	32 min

Nearby

Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2022 Flood Watches in Ohio, 2022 Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2022 Every flood watch 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.