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Flash Flood Warning 194, NWS Charleston, WV

September 10, 20264 counties in Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Sep 10, 2026, 1:57 AM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 9 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
Sep 10, 2026, 1:57 AM EDT (05:57 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2026, 10:48 AM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Vinton County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2026-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2503 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 2026-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 159 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2503 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1017 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
13.7

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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 Sep 10, 1:18 AM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 1:18 AM EDT, 39 minutes before
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In the hours before

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Local storm report, Sep 10, 1:07 AM EDT, 50 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Charleston WV
107 AM EDT Thu Sep 10 2026

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

1136 PM     Flash Flood      Crooksville             39.77N 82.10W
09/09/2026                   Perry              OH   911 Call Center

            A water rescue is ongoing along State Route
            669.

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Local storm report, Sep 10, 1:10 AM EDT, 47 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Charleston WV
110 AM EDT Thu Sep 10 2026

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

1235 AM     Flash Flood      5 SSW Crooksville       39.70N 82.12W
09/10/2026                   Perry              OH   911 Call Center

            High water observed on the roadway along
            State Route 93 near Six Mile Turn Auto
            Sales.

&&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 11:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXDoddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler31 min
Sep 9, 11:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMason26 min
Sep 9, 11:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWood31 min
Sep 10, 12:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXDoddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood44 min
Sep 10, 3:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Mason8 hr
Sep 10, 10:42 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXJackson, Mason4 hr
Sep 10, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRitchie56 min
Sep 9, 9:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPerry60 min
Sep 9, 9:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMorgan40 min
Sep 9, 10:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWashington42 min
Sep 9, 10:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMorgan34 min
Sep 9, 10:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXAthens, Morgan, Vinton, Washington50 min
Sep 9, 10:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens, Morgan, Perry, Vinton41 min
Sep 9, 11:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMorgan, Perry3 hr
Sep 9, 11:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMorgan3 hr
Sep 10, 12:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWashington3 hr
Sep 10, 1:46 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXMorgan, Perry10 hr
Sep 10, 2:34 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXMorgan9 hr
Sep 10, 3:22 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXWashington6 hr
Sep 10, 4:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia, Jackson, Lawrence3 hr
Sep 10, 4:56 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXWashington9 hr
Sep 10, 10:48 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXGallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton4 hr
Sep 10, 7:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Meigs, Vinton5 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.