Alert archive / West Virginia / Flood Watches in 2015

Flood Watch 1, NWS Charleston, WV

March 2, 201528 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flood watch at Mar 2, 2015, 12:22 PM EST for 28 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 3, 2015, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2015, 12:22 PM EST (17:22 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 3, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Mar 5, 2015, 7:00 AM EST
In force
36 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 17:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 3:14 PM ESTFreezing Rain AdvisoryRLXJackson, Mason, Wirt, Wood22 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2015Flood Watches in Ohio, 2015Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2015Every flood watch in 2015

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.