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Flood Watch 5, NWS Charleston, WV

December 7, 201321 counties in West Virginia; Lawrence County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flood watch at Dec 7, 2013, 2:39 PM EST for 21 counties in West Virginia; Lawrence County, Kentucky. It took effect at Dec 8, 2013, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 7, 2013, 2:39 PM EST (19:39 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 8, 2013, 1:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 9, 2013, 3:43 AM EST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Flood severity: None

All 22 counties

Lawrence County, KY, Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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 Dec 7, 12:29 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 12:29 PM EST, 2 hours 10 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
Dec 6, 7:14 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette, Gilmer, Harrison and 7 more	8 hr
Dec 6, 8:37 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour	39 hr
Dec 6, 9:33 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln	25 hr
Dec 6, 11:53 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln and 3 more	3 hr
Dec 7, 12:42 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Clay, Kanawha	13 hr
Dec 7, 12:42 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Kanawha	21 hr
Dec 7, 12:50 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour	20 hr
Dec 7, 4:44 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur	50 hr
Dec 7, 9:01 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Upshur	19 hr
Dec 7, 2:31 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	RLX	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 18 more	40 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in West Virginia, 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.