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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Charleston, WV

May 12, 201016 counties in West Virginia; 5 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood watch at May 12, 2010, 9:32 AM EDT for 16 counties in West Virginia; 5 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2010, 9:32 AM EDT (13:32 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2010, 10:33 PM EDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Flood severity: None

All 25 counties

Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Roane County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:33 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 flash 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 flash flood watch went out at May 12, 6:13 AM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 6:13 AM EDT, 3 hours 19 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
May 12, 12:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell, Wayne	3 hr
May 12, 1:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	4 hr
May 12, 6:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Kanawha, Putnam	85 min
May 12, 7:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha	117 min
May 12, 10:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Morgan, Perry, Washington	40 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2010 Flash Flood Watches in Ohio, 2010 Flash Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2010 Every flash flood watch in 2010

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.