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Flash Flood Warning 188, NWS Charleston, WV

August 28, 2026Pocahontas County, Randolph County, Webster County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2026, 2:39 AM EDT for Pocahontas County, Randolph County, Webster 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
Aug 28, 2026, 2:39 AM EDT (06:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2026, 5:37 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Pocahontas County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Webster County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:41 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

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 157 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, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2026-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1348 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, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2026-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
1348 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
952 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 8:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXTaylor13 min
Aug 27, 8:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXDoddridge24 min
Aug 27, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRaleigh25 min
Aug 27, 9:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXFayette24 min
Aug 27, 9:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBarbour28 min
Aug 27, 9:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBarbour33 min
Aug 27, 10:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXUpshur23 min
Aug 27, 10:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRandolph, Upshur34 min
Aug 27, 10:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRandolph33 min
Aug 27, 11:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRandolph30 min
Aug 28, 12:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph, Webster29 min
Aug 28, 12:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRandolph24 min
Aug 28, 12:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPocahontas28 min

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.