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Flash Flood Warning 138, NWS Charleston, WV

August 14, 2026Jackson County, Vinton County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2026, 6:47 AM EDT for Jackson County, Vinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 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
Aug 14, 2026, 6:47 AM EDT (10:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2026, 10:45 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Jackson County, OH, Vinton County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2026-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2343 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2026-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2343 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.4

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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 Aug 14, 5:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

  • 1) Rounds of rain will continue through early next week, leading to continued chances of flash flooding each day. A break in the rainfall will arrive by Tuesday.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 5:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Charleston WV
502 AM EDT Fri Aug 14 2026

.WHAT HAS CHANGED...
Updated aviation discussion at 09Z.

Rounds of rain expected through early next week. Latest
thoughts in Key Message 1.

&&

.KEY MESSAGES...
1) Rounds of rain will continue through early next week,
leading to continued chances of flash flooding each day. A break
in the rainfall will arrive by Tuesday.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
KEY MESSAGE 1...

The overall synoptic pattern will remain the same throughout the
weekend with a ridge of high pressure locked over the
southeastern states and rounds of shortwave energy tracking over
the periphery of the ridge. With progressively saturated soils
after days of continued rainfall, flash flooding will remain a
threat across the region. The Weather Prediction Center
currently places at least some portions of the area under a
Slight Risk of Excessive Rainfall each day through 12Z Monday.
Precipitable water values will remain high during this entire
period, ranging from 2.00 to 2.25 inches.

The pattern will begin to shift early next week. On Tuesday, the
axis of the upper-level ridge will transition from the
southeastern states to the southwestern states, and a surface
high will build into the middle Ohio Valley and Appalachians.
This would bring the return of some drier weather area-wide
Tuesday and Wednesday, before another system approaches later in
the week with rain returning.

&&

.AVIATION /08Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
The main concern this morning is MVFR/IFR ceilings rather than
dense fog. This is expected to continue most of the morning as
showers and a few thunderstorms approach from the northwest. The
combination of clouds and a light breeze has prevented the
development of widespread dense fog this morning.

Expect vicinity thunderstorms during the midday and afternoon
hours. Any thunderstorm can produce heavy downpours, reducing
visibility to MVFR or IFR conditions temporarily today.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: Medium.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: Timing of thunderstorms may vary today.

EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY
OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION:
H = HIGH:   TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.
M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS.
L = LOW:    TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.

DATE               FRI 08/14/26
UTC 1HRLY       09   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20
EDT 1HRLY       05   06   07   08   09   10   11   12   13   14   15   16
CRW CONSISTENCY  M    L    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
HTS CONSISTENCY  H    H    M    H    H    M    M    M    H    H    H    H
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    M    M    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
EKN CONSISTENCY  M    L    L    M    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    H
PKB CONSISTENCY  L    M    L    M    M    H    M    H    H    H    M    M
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H

AFTER 06Z SATURDAY...
Periodic chances for showers and thunderstorms continue through
early next week. Brief IFR or lower conditions will be possible
in direct thunderstorm hits or heavy downpours. Where overnight
clearing occurs over wet ground, patchy valley fog and stratus
may bring early morning MVFR or IFR restrictions.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...Flood Watch through this evening for WVZ005>011-013>020-
     024>034-039-040-515>526.
OH...Flood Watch through this evening for OHZ066-067-075-076-
     083>087.
KY...Flood Watch through this evening for KYZ101>103-105.
VA...Flood Watch through this evening for VAZ003-004.

&&

DISCUSSION...26
AVIATION...26

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 2:36 AM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 14, 5:31 AM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Charleston WV
531 AM EDT Fri Aug 14 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0345 AM     Flood            4 WNW Clintwood         37.16N 82.52W
08/14/2026                   Dickenson          VA   Other Federal

            Pound River at Norland crested at 8.5 feet.

&&

RPY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 2:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXKanawha24 min
Aug 14, 7:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXJackson28 min
Aug 14, 7:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXJackson31 min
Aug 14, 8:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWood44 min
Aug 14, 8:33 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood3 hr
Aug 14, 11:09 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXMason10 hr
Aug 14, 1:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone26 min
Aug 14, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXFayette33 min
Aug 14, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXFayette32 min
Aug 14, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLogan34 min
Aug 14, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Fayette3 hr
Aug 14, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMingo37 min
Aug 14, 3:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoone, Fayette, Raleigh3 hr
Aug 14, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRaleigh34 min
Aug 14, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMcDowell, Wyoming38 min
Aug 14, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXUpshur37 min
Aug 14, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRandolph30 min
Aug 14, 12:22 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia, Jackson3 hr
Aug 14, 12:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Vinton3 hr
Aug 14, 7:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMeigs, Vinton4 hr
Aug 14, 7:56 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens, Morgan, Washington3 hr
Aug 14, 10:57 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXAthens, Morgan, Washington16 hr
Aug 14, 3:15 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXMeigs9 hr
Aug 13, 8:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLawrence36 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.