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Flood Watch 9, NWS Charleston, WV

September 25, 20248 counties in West Virginia; Lawrence County, Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flood watch at Sep 25, 2024, 12:21 PM EDT for 8 counties in West Virginia; Lawrence County, Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Sep 25, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 53 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 25, 2024, 12:21 PM EDT (16:21 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 25, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Sep 27, 2024, 7:29 PM EDT
In force: 53 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Flood severity: None

Counties Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lawrence County, OH, Fayette County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 227 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: 57 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 524 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Sep 25, 6:36 AM EDT, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 6:36 AM EDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 25, 3:56 AM EDT, 8 hours 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 25, 8:20 AM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Sep 25, 8:24 AM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 25, 10:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
1039 AM EDT Wed Sep 25 2024

WVZ005-013-024-025-251530-
Lincoln WV-Logan WV-Mingo WV-Wayne WV-
1039 AM EDT Wed Sep 25 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MINGO...LINCOLN...
NORTHWESTERN LOGAN AND SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES THROUGH 1130 AM
EDT...

At 1038 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles east of Hode, or 14 miles east of Inez, moving north at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Hamlin, Ranger, Gill, Spurlockville, Harts, West Hamlin, Sweetland,
Branchland, Palermo, Wilsondale, Mud, Lenore, Breeden, Myra, and
Alkol.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3823 8228 3823 8226 3827 8224 3828 8222
      3831 8207 3814 8190 3815 8192 3815 8193
      3812 8195 3811 8195 3808 8197 3806 8197
      3776 8231 3786 8241
TIME...MOT...LOC 1438Z 201DEG 30KT 3791 8227

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 25, 10:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln	51 min
Sep 25, 3:59 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Raleigh	3 hr
Sep 25, 5:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Pocahontas	25 min
Sep 25, 6:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Pocahontas	32 min
Sep 25, 6:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pocahontas	3 hr
Sep 25, 8:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	55 min
Sep 24, 8:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lawrence	27 min

Nearby

Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2024 Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2024 Flood Watches in Ohio, 2024 Every flood watch in 2024

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.