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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Charleston, WV

March 11, 2010Barbour County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this river flood warning at Mar 11, 2010, 7:11 PM EST for Barbour County, West Virginia. It took effect at Mar 14, 2010, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 2010, 7:11 PM EST (00:11 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 14, 2010, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 13, 2010, 2:51 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Flood severity
Minor

County Barbour County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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 Tygart Valley River at Philippi (PHIW2). The gauge peaked at 15.38 ft at Mar 13, 2010, 2:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
17 ft
Minor stage
19 ft
Moderate stage
21 ft
Major stage
25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03054500, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 7:11 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRLXBarbour44 hr
Mar 12, 11:52 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningRLXPocahontas33 hr
Mar 12, 11:52 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningRLXPocahontas25 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2010Every 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.