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Flood Watch 4, NWS Charleston, WV

March 18, 20085 counties in West Virginia; 8 counties in Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flood watch at Mar 18, 2008, 4:06 AM EDT for 5 counties in West Virginia; 8 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Mar 18, 2008, 11:06 AM EDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 18, 2008, 4:06 AM EDT (08:06 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 18, 2008, 11:06 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 19, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 33 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Flood severity: None

Counties Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Doddridge County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 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 Mar 18, 1:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 1:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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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.