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Areal Flood Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV

February 21, 2016Gallia County, Lawrence County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this areal flood warning at Feb 21, 2016, 10:31 AM EST for Gallia County, Lawrence County, Ohio. It was in force for 17 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Feb 21, 2016, 10:31 AM EST (15:31 UTC)
Expired: Feb 22, 2016, 3:34 AM EST
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Gallia County, OH, Lawrence County, OH

The radar

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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 Feb 21, 9:54 AM EST, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 9:54 AM EST, 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 21, 3:12 AM EST, 7 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
312 AM EST SUN FEB 21 2016

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ083-085>087-WVZ005>009-013>020-026>032-036>040-046-
047-220815-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-JACKSON OH-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-
WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-
CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-
TAYLOR-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
312 AM EST SUN FEB 21 2016

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

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...PORTIONS
OF 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.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

SATURATED SOILS AND ANOTHER PERIOD OF RAIN WEDNESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ONCE AGAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

OHZ066-067-075-076-084-VAZ003-004-WVZ010-011-024-025-033>035-220815-
PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-VINTON-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-PLEASANTS-
TYLER-MINGO-LOGAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-
312 AM EST SUN FEB 21 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NEAR SATURATED SOILS AND A PERIOD OF RAIN WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT COULD BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 21, 6:49 AM EST, 3 hours 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
649 AM EST SUN FEB 21 2016

WVZ005-006-013>015-026-211245-
CABELL-KANAWHA-BOONE-PUTNAM-WAYNE-LINCOLN-
649 AM EST SUN FEB 21 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT LINCOLN...NORTHERN
WAYNE...NORTHWESTERN BOONE...SOUTHERN PUTNAM...CENTRAL KANAWHA AND
CABELL COUNTIES...

AT 648 AM EST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR MILTON TO NEAR BARBOURSVILLE TO NEAR DURBIN...AND
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON...HUNTINGTON...NITRO...MADISON...WINFIELD...WAYNE...HAMLIN...
BEECH FORK STATE PARK...JEFFERSON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...ST. ALBANS...
DUNBAR...HURRICANE...BARBOURSVILLE...SISSONVILLE...MILTON...CHESAPEAKE...
MARMET...BELLE AND POCA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 9.
 INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 111.
 INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 57.
 WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 95.
 ROUTE 119 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 48 AND 80.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT
DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3825 8258 3831 8257 3840 8239 3857 8219
      3848 8206 3855 8206 3842 8132 3815 8154
      3801 8193 3824 8261
TIME...MOT...LOC 1148Z 290DEG 38KT 3850 8212 3839 8235 3825 8270

KISTNER

Local storm report, Feb 21, 8:36 AM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
836 AM EST SUN FEB 21 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0834 AM     FLASH FLOOD      GIVEN                   38.73N  81.73W
02/21/2016                   JACKSON            WV   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PARCHMENT CREEK IN THE GIVEN AREA HAS COME OUT OF ITS
            BANKS AND FLOODED SOME LOCAL ROADS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1600626

COOPER

Special weather statement, Feb 21, 9:08 AM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 21, 9:59 AM EST, 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 21, 10:23 AM EST, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 21, 10:26 AM EST, 5 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
Feb 21, 6:32 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mason	118 min
Feb 21, 6:49 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam	56 min
Feb 21, 9:08 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming	52 min
Feb 21, 9:59 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming	61 min
Feb 21, 11:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 5 more	93 min
Feb 21, 1:38 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Logan, Mingo, Wyoming	3 hr
Feb 21, 6:39 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Meigs, Vinton	111 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.