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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Charleston, WV

April 14, 2015Carter County, Greenup County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this river flood warning at Apr 14, 2015, 10:24 AM EDT for Carter County, Greenup County, Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 14, 2015, 11:40 AM EDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 14, 2015, 10:24 AM EDT (14:24 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 14, 2015, 11:40 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 15, 2015, 2:26 PM EDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Sandy River at Grayson (GYNK2).

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03216500, 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 Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 14, 9:11 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 9:11 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 3:52 AM EDT, 6 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
352 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2015

KYZ101>103-OHZ076-085>087-WVZ006>011-014-017-019-020-031-032-150800-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-WASHINGTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-CABELL-MASON-
JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-PUTNAM-WIRT-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-
HARRISON-TAYLOR-
352 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2015

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

KYZ105-VAZ003-004-WVZ005-013-015-024>028-030-033>040-046-047-150800-
LAWRENCE KY-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-LINCOLN-KANAWHA-MINGO-LOGAN-
BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-LEWIS-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-
WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
352 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2015

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

OHZ066-067-075-083-084-150800-
PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-JACKSON OH-VINTON-
352 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

WVZ016-018-029-150800-
ROANE-CALHOUN-GILMER-
352 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2015

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 9:18 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 14, 9:41 AM EDT, 43 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
Apr 14, 2:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Putnam, Roane, Wirt	6 hr
Apr 14, 4:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Clay, Kanawha, Lewis and 2 more	4 hr
Apr 14, 4:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne	4 hr
Apr 14, 6:46 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne	9 hr
Apr 14, 6:54 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer and 7 more	6 hr
Apr 14, 9:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 6 more	8 hr
Apr 14, 10:34 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Lewis, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph and 2 more	6 hr
Apr 14, 10:55 AM EDT	Flood Watch	RLX	Calhoun, Gilmer, Roane	9 hr
Apr 14, 4:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln	28 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2015 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.