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River Flood Advisory 28, NWS Charleston, WV

June 5, 2008Upshur County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this river flood advisory at Jun 5, 2008, 7:55 AM EDT for Upshur County, West Virginia. It was in force for 15 hr.

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The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2008, 7:55 AM EDT (11:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2008, 10:39 PM EDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

County Upshur County, WV

The radar

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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 Jun 5, 6:41 AM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 6:41 AM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 6:37 AM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:27 AM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
427 AM EDT THU JUN 05 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0900 PM     FLOOD            JACKSON                 39.05N 82.63W
06/04/2008                   JACKSON            OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED COUNTY WIDE.

0900 PM     FLOOD            HARRISONVILLE           39.12N 82.13W
06/04/2008                   MEIGS              OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED ACROSS COUNTY.

0900 PM     FLOOD            GALLIA                  38.83N 82.52W
06/04/2008                   GALLIA             OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED COUNTY WIDE.

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JVICTORY

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:44 AM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 8:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam	55 min
Jun 4, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur	31 min
Jun 4, 8:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood	49 min
Jun 4, 9:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie, Upshur and 3 more	6 hr
Jun 4, 9:41 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Wirt	36 hr
Jun 4, 9:41 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Wirt, Wood	23 hr
Jun 5, 4:36 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Harrison	10 hr
Jun 5, 5:37 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	RLX	Barbour	10 hr
Jun 5, 5:37 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	RLX	Barbour	10 hr
Jun 4, 8:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton	47 min
Jun 4, 8:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton	4 hr

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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.