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Flood Watch 3, NWS Charleston, WV

March 18, 201323 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flood watch at Mar 18, 2013, 4:25 AM EDT for 23 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 18, 2013, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 18, 2013, 4:25 AM EDT (08:25 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 18, 2013, 7:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 18, 2013, 5:35 PM EDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Flood severity: None

All 36 counties

Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Barbour County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Mar 18, 1:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 1:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 17, 11:38 PM EDT, 4 hours 47 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 18, 8:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Roane, Wirt and 1 more	90 min
Mar 18, 9:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer and 18 more	114 min
Mar 18, 11:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 19 more	109 min
Mar 18, 12:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell, Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Roane, Wayne	3 hr
Mar 18, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 9 more	2 hr
Mar 18, 10:34 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Lawrence	6 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2013 Flood Watches in Ohio, 2013 Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2013 Every flood watch in 2013

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.