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Flash Flood Watch 12, NWS Charleston, WV

August 22, 201428 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood watch at Aug 22, 2014, 3:07 AM EDT for 28 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 22, 2014, 3:07 AM EDT (07:07 UTC)
Expired: Aug 23, 2014, 4:00 AM EDT
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Flood severity: None

All 41 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, Boone 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, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo 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, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:07 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 flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Aug 22, 1:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 1:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 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
Aug 21, 9:28 PM EDT	Flood Watch	RLX	Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wayne, Wyoming	6 hr
Aug 22, 3:16 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood	3 hr
Aug 22, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone	64 min
Aug 22, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Logan	56 min
Aug 22, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming	87 min
Aug 22, 4:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming	5 hr
Aug 22, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Wayne	86 min
Aug 22, 6:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne	3 hr
Aug 22, 7:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Lawrence	113 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2014 Flash Flood Watches in Ohio, 2014 Flash Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2014 Every flash flood watch 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.