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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Baltimore/Washington

February 3, 2016Morgan County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this river flood warning at Feb 3, 2016, 6:41 AM EST for Morgan County, West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 3, 2016, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 3, 2016, 6:41 AM EST (11:41 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 3, 2016, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 4, 2016, 7:00 PM EST
In force: 24 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 11:43 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 10.06 ft at Feb 4, 2016, 6:00 AM EST.

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 3, 3:30 AM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 3:30 AM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 3, 7:51 AM EST	River Flood Watch	LWX	Loudoun	24 hr
Feb 3, 7:51 AM EST	River Flood Watch	LWX	Loudoun	24 hr
Feb 3, 7:51 AM EST	River Flood Watch	LWX	Fairfax, Loudoun	30 hr
Feb 3, 10:31 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LWX	Clarke, Warren	69 hr
Feb 3, 1:42 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	LWX		93 min
Feb 3, 1:45 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	LWX		90 min
Feb 3, 2:59 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LWX	Loudoun	66 hr
Feb 3, 2:59 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LWX	Loudoun	3 days
Feb 3, 3:39 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		37 hr
Feb 3, 3:44 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Clarke, Frederick, Loudoun	17 hr
Feb 3, 4:20 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LWX	Loudoun	24 hr
Feb 3, 3:30 AM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Baltimore, Harford, City of Baltimore	16 hr
Feb 3, 7:51 AM EST	River Flood Watch	LWX	Washington	53 hr
Feb 3, 7:51 AM EST	River Flood Watch	LWX	Washington	59 hr
Feb 3, 10:53 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LWX	Montgomery	26 hr
Feb 3, 3:21 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LWX	Frederick	37 hr
Feb 3, 4:12 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Carroll, Frederick	18 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2016 Every river flood warning in 2016

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.