Alert archive / West Virginia / River Flood Advisories in 2009
River Flood Advisory 1, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this river flood advisory at Jan 7, 2009, 1:34 PM EST for Boone County, Kanawha County, Lincoln County, West Virginia. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2009, 1:34 PM EST (18:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2009, 8:00 AM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Boone County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Coal River (WV) at Tornado (TORW2). The gauge peaked at 22.69 ft at Jan 7, 2009, 10:00 PM EST.
- Action stage
- 20 ft
- Minor stage
- 25 ft
- Moderate stage
- 27 ft
- Major stage
- 32 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03200500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 1:47 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RLX | Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 10 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:21 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RLX | Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 9 hr |
| Jan 7, 8:21 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 3 hr |
| Jan 7, 2:38 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Barbour, McDowell, Taylor, Upshur, Wyoming | 29 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:56 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | RLX | Barbour | 12 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:56 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | RLX | Barbour | 12 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:56 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | RLX | Upshur | 12 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.