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Flood Watch 4, NWS Charleston, WV

May 24, 202630 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flood watch at May 24, 2026, 12:52 PM EDT for 30 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at May 24, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2026, 12:52 PM EDT (16:52 UTC)
In effect from
May 24, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired
May 25, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Flood severity
None
All 43 counties

Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, 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, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:54 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 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 12:00Z on 2026-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 152 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2026-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
152 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
582 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 May 24, 6:03 AM EDT, 6 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 6:03 AM EDT, 6 hours 49 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMingo37 min
May 24, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLogan, Mingo48 min
May 24, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLogan27 min
May 24, 5:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLogan, Mingo3 hr
May 24, 6:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCabell, Mason3 hr
May 24, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLogan32 min
May 24, 6:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoone, Logan, Raleigh6 hr
May 24, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone34 min
May 24, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXClay33 min
May 24, 7:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoone, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Raleigh4 hr
May 24, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRaleigh26 min
May 24, 4:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens, Morgan, Perry4 hr
May 24, 5:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens, Meigs4 hr
May 24, 5:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton4 hr
May 24, 5:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia, Lawrence3 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.