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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

May 16, 2014Preston County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this river flood warning at May 16, 2014, 12:07 PM EDT for Preston County, West Virginia. It took effect at May 16, 2014, 12:37 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2014, 12:07 PM EDT (16:07 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2014, 12:37 PM EDT
Expired: May 16, 2014, 9:44 PM EDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Preston County, WV

The river

Written for the forecast point Cheat River at Rowlesburg (ROWW2).

Action stage: 12.5 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 0307020015, 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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 16, 10:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 10:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 4:37 AM EDT, 7 hours 30 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 8:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Westmoreland	6 hr
May 15, 9:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Allegheny	6 hr
May 16, 2:46 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PBZ	Westmoreland	6 hr
May 16, 5:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PBZ	Westmoreland	8 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2014 Every 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.