Alert archive / West Virginia / Flood Watches in 2025

Flood Watch 13, NWS Charleston, WV

June 15, 202529 counties in West Virginia; 6 counties in Ohio

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2025-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 560 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2025-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 8:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWayne20 min
Jun 14, 8:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWayne17 min
Jun 14, 8:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants, Tyler81 min
Jun 14, 9:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCabell26 min
Jun 15, 2:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXHarrison5 hr
Jun 15, 2:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXHarrison, Lewis, Taylor4 hr
Jun 15, 3:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Harrison, Tyler4 hr
Jun 15, 4:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Ritchie, Tyler3 hr
Jun 15, 4:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCalhoun, Gilmer2 hr
Jun 15, 5:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBarbour, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur2 hr
Jun 15, 5:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWood2 hr
Jun 15, 6:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph, Webster2 hr
Jun 15, 2:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia, Lawrence5 hr
Jun 15, 3:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton4 hr
Jun 15, 5:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLawrence105 min
Jun 15, 6:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton64 min
Jun 15, 6:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMorgan, Washington74 min
Jun 15, 2:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCarter3 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2025Flood Watches in Ohio, 2025Every flood watch in 2025

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.