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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Baltimore/Washington

February 22, 2014Morgan County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this river flood warning at Feb 22, 2014, 12:01 AM EST for Morgan County, West Virginia. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 22, 2014, 12:01 AM EST (05:01 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2014, 8:14 PM EST
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Morgan County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Cacapon River near Great Cacapon (GCPW2). The gauge peaked at 10.67 ft at Feb 22, 2014, 7:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01611500, 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 Feb 21, 5:10 PM EST, 6 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 5:10 PM EST, 6 hours 51 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 11:05 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX22 hr
Feb 22, 6:42 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX53 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2014Every river flood warning in 2014

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.