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River Flood Advisory 22, NWS Charleston, WV

March 19, 2008Mason County, West Virginia; Meigs County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this river flood advisory at Mar 19, 2008, 12:42 PM EDT for Mason County, West Virginia; Meigs County, Ohio. It was in force for 58 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2008, 12:42 PM EDT (16:42 UTC)
Expired
Mar 21, 2008, 10:35 PM EDT
In force
58 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Meigs County, OH, Mason County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:45 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 advisory 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 river flood advisory went out at Mar 19, 11:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 11:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 4:14 AM EDT, 8 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
414 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008

OHZ066-067-075-076-083>086-WVZ009>011-019-020-200815-
PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-WOOD-
PLEASANTS-TYLER-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-
414 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST
VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>008-013>018-024>040-046-047-
200815-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-
CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-
MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-
WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-
RANDOLPH-
414 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS TODAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 19, 8:49 AM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 12:42 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryRLXPleasants, Wood51 hr
Mar 19, 12:42 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryRLXWood51 hr
Mar 19, 12:42 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryRLXMason72 hr
Mar 19, 12:42 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryRLXMason3 days
Mar 19, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Kanawha, Roane24 min
Mar 19, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton31 min
Mar 19, 5:26 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXAthens, Meigs, Morgan, Perry12 hr
Mar 19, 6:18 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXMorgan, Washington53 hr
Mar 19, 9:47 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXJackson, Vinton6 hr
Mar 19, 3:11 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXAthens, Jackson, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton and 1 more4 hr
Mar 19, 7:24 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXJackson, Meigs, Washington6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in West Virginia, 2008River Flood Advisories in Ohio, 2008Every river flood advisory in 2008

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.