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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Charleston, WV

March 13, 2010Mason County, West Virginia; Gallia County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this river flood warning at Mar 13, 2010, 11:29 AM EST for Mason County, West Virginia; Gallia County, Ohio. It took effect at Mar 14, 2010, 4:08 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 2010, 11:29 AM EST (16:29 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 14, 2010, 4:08 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 17, 2010, 4:12 AM EDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Gallia County, OH, Mason County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:29 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 Ohio River at Point Pleasant (POPW2).

Action stage: 38 ft
Minor stage: 40 ft
Moderate stage: 44 ft
Major stage: 48 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03201500, 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 Mar 13, 5:44 AM EST, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 5:44 AM EST, 5 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 12:07 AM EST, 11 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1207 AM EST SAT MAR 13 2010

KYZ102-105-OHZ066-083-084-VAZ003-004-WVZ017>020-028>032-140515-
CARTER-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-JACKSON OH-VINTON-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WIRT-
CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-
1207 AM EST SAT MAR 13 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO...ALONG WITH SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND
MUCH OF THE LOWLANDS OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

WVZ037>040-046-047-140515-
NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
1207 AM EST SAT MAR 13 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE AREA IN AND NEAR THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

FLOOD WARNING.

RAIN...AND SNOW MELT FROM WARMER WEATHER...ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE
STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

FLOOD WARNING.

RAIN...AND SNOW MELT FROM WARMER WEATHER..ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE
STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

KYZ101-103-OHZ075-076-085>087-WVZ009>011-140515-
GREENUP-BOYD-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WOOD-
PLEASANTS-TYLER-
1207 AM EST SAT MAR 13 2010

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA THAT ARE ADJACENT TO
THE OHIO RIVER.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

OHZ067-140515-
MORGAN-
1207 AM EST SAT MAR 13 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST
OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

WVZ005>008-140515-
WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-
1207 AM EST SAT MAR 13 2010

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

FLOOD WARNING.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...SATURATED GROUNDS...AND STREAM LEVELS STILL A
BIT HIGH FROM RECENT SNOW MELT...WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAM AND URBAN
FLOODING OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

WVZ013>016-024>027-033>036-140515-
LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-
RALEIGH-FAYETTE-
1207 AM EST SAT MAR 13 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...SATURATED GROUNDS...AND STREAM LEVELS STILL A
BIT HIGH FROM RECENT SNOW MELT...WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAM AND URBAN
FLOODING OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

TRM

In the hours 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
Mar 12, 10:17 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Fayette, Raleigh	8 hr
Mar 12, 11:09 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln and 8 more	8 hr
Mar 13, 6:17 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha and 9 more	10 hr
Mar 13, 11:29 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell, Wayne	47 hr
Mar 13, 11:29 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Lawrence	47 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2010 River Flood Warnings in Ohio, 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.