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Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2025, 11:51 PM EDT for Braxton 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
- Jun 13, 2025, 11:51 PM EDT (03:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2025, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Braxton County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 759 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1028 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
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 Jun 13, 10:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 10:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 432 AM EDT Fri Jun 13 2025 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>034-039-040-515>526-140845- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence-Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington- Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Dickenson-Buchanan-Wayne- Cabell-Mason-Jackson WV-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Lincoln-Putnam-Kanawha- Roane-Wirt-Calhoun-Ritchie-Doddridge-Mingo-Logan-Boone-Clay-Braxton- Gilmer-Lewis-Harrison-Taylor-McDowell-Wyoming-Upshur-Barbour- Northwest Raleigh-Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette- Southeast Fayette-Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas- Northwest Webster-Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas- Southeast Pocahontas-Northwest Randolph-Southeast Randolph- 432 AM EDT Fri Jun 13 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio, southwest Virginia and much of West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Isolated heavy downpours could lead to localized flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Heavy rain in storms may lead to isolated flash flooding from Saturday through Monday, particularly in areas impacted by multiple rounds of rain. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports.
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 13, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mingo | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 8:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 10 hr |
| Jun 13, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Raleigh, Wayne and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 9:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 23 min |
| Jun 13, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 11:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Nicholas, Webster | 52 min |
| Jun 13, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Nicholas, Randolph, Upshur and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 12:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Upshur | 53 min |
| Jun 14, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan | 22 min |
| Jun 14, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 16 min |
| Jun 14, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan | 14 min |
| Jun 14, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 26 min |
| Jun 14, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 15 min |
| Jun 14, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Ritchie | 28 min |
| Jun 14, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge | 17 min |
| Jun 14, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants | 16 min |
| Jun 14, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 14 min |
| Jun 14, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Tyler | 16 min |
| Jun 14, 7:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Ritchie | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison | 23 min |
| Jun 14, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gallia | 24 min |
| Jun 14, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Washington | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 17 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.