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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Baltimore/Washington

May 6, 2017Morgan County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this river flood warning at May 6, 2017, 1:13 AM EDT for Morgan County, West Virginia. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2017, 1:13 AM EDT (05:13 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2017, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 20 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 05:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cacapon River near Great Cacapon (GCPW2). The gauge peaked at 10.29 ft at May 6, 2017, 7:00 AM EDT.

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 May 5, 5:13 PM EDT, 8 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 5:13 PM EDT, 8 hours 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
May 5, 9:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Fauquier	15 hr
May 6, 1:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Culpeper	6 hr
May 6, 4:29 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		38 hr
May 6, 2:56 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	LWX	Clarke, Warren	18 hr
May 6, 5:18 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Clarke, Warren	19 hr
May 5, 11:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Berkeley	9 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2017 Every river flood warning in 2017

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.