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Flash Flood Warning 144, NWS Charleston, WV

July 31, 2025Harrison County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 2025, 2:35 PM EDT for Harrison 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: Jul 31, 2025, 2:35 PM EDT (18:35 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2025, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Harrison County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 244 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: 495 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 44 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 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 Jul 31, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 31, 12:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 12:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 12:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 2:06 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 2:16 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
216 PM EDT Thu Jul 31 2025

WVZ018-028-029-311900-
Calhoun WV-Gilmer WV-Braxton WV-
216 PM EDT Thu Jul 31 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN...
SOUTHWESTERN GILMER AND WESTERN BRAXTON COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM
EDT...

At 216 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles southeast of Arnoldsburg, or 14 miles south of Grantsville,
moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Sutton, Gassaway, Exchange, Shock, Frametown, Orma, Wilsie, Rosedale,
Nicut, and Chloe.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 79 between mile markers 48 and 63.
 Route 19 near mile marker 68.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

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 3863 8099 3867 8103 3864 8106 3865 8110
      3877 8110 3886 8072 3859 8071
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 266DEG 18KT 3871 8103

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 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
Jul 30, 9:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lewis	38 min
Jul 30, 9:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	35 min
Jul 30, 10:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Lewis	3 hr
Jul 30, 10:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	46 min
Jul 30, 10:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Randolph, Webster	3 hr
Jul 30, 11:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Kanawha	3 hr
Jul 31, 12:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Ritchie	51 min
Jul 31, 12:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wirt	34 min
Jul 31, 12:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison	47 min
Jul 31, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Taylor	39 min
Jul 31, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton	44 min
Jul 31, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mingo	37 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.