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Flood Watch 6, NWS Charleston, WV

December 12, 20079 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flood watch at Dec 12, 2007, 3:02 PM EST for 9 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Dec 13, 2007, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 12, 2007, 3:02 PM EST (20:02 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 13, 2007, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 13, 2007, 1:45 PM EST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Flood severity: None

All 22 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, Cabell County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Mason County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Dec 12, 1:14 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 1:14 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Nearby

Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2007 Flood Watches in Ohio, 2007 Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2007 Every flood watch in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.