Alert archive / West Virginia / River Flood Warnings in 2012
River Flood Warning 1, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this river flood warning at Mar 1, 2012, 7:17 AM EST for Berkeley County, Jefferson County, West Virginia. It took effect at Mar 1, 2012, 7:47 AM EST. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2012, 7:17 AM EST (12:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2012, 7:47 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2012, 10:34 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Berkeley County, WV, Jefferson County, WV
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:18 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 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 7:25 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Loudoun | 3 hr |
| Feb 29, 8:10 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper, King George, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 84 min |
| Feb 29, 8:15 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | King George | 107 min |
| Feb 29, 11:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Shenandoah | 25 min |
| Mar 1, 2:27 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Allegany, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Washington | 6 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2012Every river flood warning in 2012
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.