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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this river flood warning at Apr 28, 2011, 3:09 PM EDT for Berkeley County, West Virginia. It took effect at Apr 28, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2011, 3:09 PM EDT (19:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 28, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2011, 3:55 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Berkeley County, WV
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Opequon Creek near Martinsburg (MBGW2).
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 12.5 ft
- Major stage
- 15 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01616500, 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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange, Spotsylvania | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 8:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Loudoun, Warren | 19 min |
| Apr 27, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Orange, Spotsylvania | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Greene, Madison | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 9:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford | 18 min |
| Apr 27, 9:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Madison, Orange | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 10:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 10:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 10:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Highland | 111 min |
| Apr 28, 12:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Highland | 71 min |
| Apr 28, 12:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Highland | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Highland, Rockingham | 66 min |
| Apr 28, 1:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 1:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Rockingham, Shenandoah | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Staunton | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 2:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren | 65 min |
| Apr 28, 2:24 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 2:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, City of Harrisonburg | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 2:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Loudoun, Warren, City of Winchester | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 3:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Augusta | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 3:19 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Staunton | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 3:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, Warren | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 3:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, City of Harrisonburg | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 3:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, City of Winchester | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 4:26 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Page, Rappahannock, Warren | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 4:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Nelson, City of Charlottesville, City of Waynesboro | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 4:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Culpeper, Greene, Madison, Orange, Rappahannock and 1 more | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 5:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Loudoun | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 5:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 5:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Prince William, Rappahannock | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 6:05 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 55 min | |
| Apr 28, 6:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 7:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Loudoun | 119 min |
| Apr 28, 8:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Loudoun and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 9:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William | 101 min |
| Apr 28, 9:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 10:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 84 min | |
| Apr 28, 10:16 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 59 min | |
| Apr 28, 10:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 10:59 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 81 min | |
| Apr 28, 11:38 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:34 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 37 hr | |
| Apr 28, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 53 min | |
| Apr 28, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 60 min | |
| Apr 28, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 36 min | |
| Apr 27, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Frederick | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 12:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Allegany | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 12:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Allegany | 70 min |
| Apr 28, 1:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Allegany | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 4:24 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Carroll, Frederick, Washington | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 5:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Frederick | 18 min |
| Apr 28, 6:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Harford | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 7:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Carroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 7:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Carroll, Frederick | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 7:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 8:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Carroll, Frederick | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 8:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 11 min |
| Apr 28, 8:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 9:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 9:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 10:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Carroll, Howard | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 10:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, Harford | 102 min |
| Apr 28, 10:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Calvert, Charles, Prince George's, Saint Mary's | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 10:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Calvert, Charles, Saint Mary's | 66 min |
| Apr 28, 11:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Calvert, Prince George's | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 11:22 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel | 14 min |
| Apr 28, 11:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George's, Saint Mary's | 18 min |
| Apr 28, 12:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 12:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LWX | Washington | 11 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Saint Mary's | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 12:42 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 2:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Morgan | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 2:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Morgan | 45 min |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2011Every river flood warning in 2011
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.