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Flood Watch 13, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flood watch at Jun 15, 2025, 3:33 AM EDT for 29 counties in West Virginia; 6 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Jun 15, 2025, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 32 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2025, 3:33 AM EDT (07:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 15, 2025, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2025, 8:21 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Flood severity
- None
All 35 counties
Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Washington County, OH, Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 560 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
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 Jun 15, 2:48 AM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:48 AM EDT, 45 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 4:01 AM EDT, 23 hours 32 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 401 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>034-039-040-515>526-150815- 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- 401 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio, southwest Virginia and much of West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Heavy downpours in thunderstorms could lead to localized flash flooding today and tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Localized flash flooding due to heavy rain in thunderstorms remains a concern through Monday. Areas impacted by multiple rounds of rain will be most susceptible to flooding. .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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 20 min |
| Jun 14, 8:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 17 min |
| Jun 14, 8:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 81 min |
| Jun 14, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 2:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison, Lewis, Taylor | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Tyler | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Ritchie, Tyler | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wood | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 105 min |
| Jun 15, 6:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton | 64 min |
| Jun 15, 6:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Morgan, Washington | 74 min |
| Jun 15, 2:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Carter | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.