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Areal Flood Warning 35, NWS Charleston, WV

December 18, 2016Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this areal flood warning at Dec 18, 2016, 9:03 AM EST for Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 18, 2016, 9:03 AM EST (14:03 UTC)
Expired: Dec 18, 2016, 3:00 PM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Washington County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:05 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 areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Dec 18, 6:31 AM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 6:31 AM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 4:53 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 18, 3:33 AM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 18, 3:37 AM EST, 5 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 18, 3:48 AM EST, 5 hours 15 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
Dec 18, 12:48 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants, Tyler	57 min
Dec 18, 12:58 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Tyler, Wood	47 min
Dec 18, 1:14 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	46 min
Dec 18, 1:34 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne	26 min
Dec 18, 1:52 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Wirt, Wood	23 min
Dec 18, 2:07 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Jackson, Lincoln, Mason, Pleasants, Putnam and 5 more	53 min
Dec 18, 2:10 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Jackson, Lincoln, Mason, Pleasants, Putnam and 5 more	50 min
Dec 18, 2:44 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 12 more	46 min
Dec 18, 3:33 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming	57 min
Dec 18, 3:37 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Lewis and 6 more	53 min
Dec 18, 6:57 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Washington	21 hr
Dec 18, 11:12 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Washington	20 hr
Dec 18, 2:35 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Washington	14 hr
Dec 18, 12:52 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Greenup	38 min

Nearby

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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.