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River Flood Watch 21, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

March 3, 2008Marshall County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this river flood watch at Mar 3, 2008, 11:08 AM EST for Marshall County, West Virginia. It took effect at Mar 5, 2008, 6:15 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2008, 11:08 AM EST (16:08 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 5, 2008, 6:15 PM EST
Expired
Mar 5, 2008, 6:05 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Flood severity
None

County Marshall County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:13 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 river flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood watch went out at Mar 3, 6:10 AM EST, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 6:10 AM EST, 4 hours 58 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 3:34 AM ESTFlood WatchPBZAllegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Forest and 6 more45 hr
Mar 3, 3:35 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchPBZForest, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango12 hr
Mar 3, 11:08 AM ESTRiver Flood WatchPBZAllegheny43 hr
Mar 3, 11:08 AM ESTRiver Flood WatchPBZAllegheny, Washington, Westmoreland25 hr
Mar 3, 11:08 AM ESTRiver Flood WatchPBZFayette60 hr
Mar 3, 3:57 PM ESTFreezing Rain AdvisoryPBZClarion, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango27 hr
Mar 3, 11:08 AM ESTRiver Flood WatchPBZBelmont, Jefferson43 hr
Mar 3, 11:08 AM ESTRiver Flood WatchPBZBelmont43 hr
Mar 3, 11:08 AM ESTRiver Flood WatchPBZBelmont, Noble43 hr
Mar 3, 11:08 AM ESTRiver Flood WatchPBZNoble25 hr
Mar 3, 11:08 AM ESTRiver Flood WatchPBZGuernsey36 hr
Mar 3, 11:08 AM ESTRiver Flood WatchPBZTuscarawas25 hr
Mar 3, 11:08 AM ESTRiver Flood WatchPBZCoshocton21 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.