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Areal Flood Warning 6, NWS Charleston, WV

March 9, 2011Gallia County, Vinton County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this areal flood warning at Mar 9, 2011, 10:03 PM EST for Gallia County, Vinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 26 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2011, 10:03 PM EST (03:03 UTC)
Expired: Mar 10, 2011, 11:45 PM EST
In force: 26 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Gallia County, OH, Vinton County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 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 areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Mar 9, 8:29 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 8:29 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 8:37 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
837 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-083-084-086-087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005-006-013-
024>026-033-034-110145-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-JACKSON OH-VINTON-GALLIA-
LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-LINCOLN-MINGO-LOGAN-
BOONE-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-
837 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

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

   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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

    FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

ALSO...THE OHIO RIVER WILL BE AT HIGH LEVELS THURSDAY THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE NECESSARY AT SOME POINTS...IF THE
WATER LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED FLOOD STAGE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

OHZ067-075-076-085-WVZ007>011-014>020-027>032-035>040-110145-
MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-MEIGS-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-
PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-CLAY-BRAXTON-
GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-
BARBOUR-
837 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND MUCH OF
WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

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

   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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

   FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

ALSO...AS COLD AIR MOVES IN...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ACCUMULATING
SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND WILL LAST INTO FRIDAY. WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

WVZ046-047-110145-
POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
837 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

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

   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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

   FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
   WINTER STORM WATCH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 9, 5:44 PM EST, 4 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
Mar 10, 12:31 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Wood	4 days
Mar 10, 12:31 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Wood	4 days
Mar 10, 12:31 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	5 days
Mar 10, 3:55 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	RLX		34 hr
Mar 10, 12:59 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Tyler, Wood	3 days
Mar 10, 12:59 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	4 days
Mar 10, 12:59 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	4 days
Mar 10, 12:59 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell, Wayne	4 days
Mar 10, 12:31 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Lawrence	6 days
Mar 10, 7:21 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Meigs	12 hr
Mar 10, 9:25 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Washington	10 hr
Mar 10, 12:59 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Scioto	5 days

Nearby

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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.