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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV

January 25, 2010Pocahontas County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this river flood warning at Jan 25, 2010, 2:51 AM EST for Pocahontas County, West Virginia. It took effect at Jan 25, 2010, 6:27 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 25, 2010, 2:51 AM EST (07:51 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 25, 2010, 6:27 AM EST
Expired: Jan 25, 2010, 6:57 PM EST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Flood severity: Minor

County Pocahontas County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Greenbrier River at Buckeye (BUCW2). The gauge peaked at 16.75 ft at Jan 25, 2010, 10:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 26.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03182500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 warning went out at Jan 24, 6:39 PM EST, 8 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 6:39 PM EST, 8 hours 12 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
Jan 25, 12:20 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Pocahontas	6 hr
Jan 25, 2:01 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Nicholas	4 hr
Jan 25, 2:28 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Webster	4 hr
Jan 25, 2:51 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Pocahontas	20 hr
Jan 25, 5:50 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	7 hr
Jan 25, 6:05 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Nicholas, Webster	7 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2010 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.