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Areal Flood Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV

January 23, 2017Fayette County, Raleigh County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this areal flood warning at Jan 23, 2017, 4:47 PM EST for Fayette County, Raleigh County, West Virginia. 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
Jan 23, 2017, 4:47 PM EST (21:47 UTC)
Expired
Jan 23, 2017, 10:45 PM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Fayette County, WV, Raleigh County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 10:27 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMcDowell, Wyoming3 hr
Jan 23, 2:09 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Fayette, Logan, McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming3 hr
Jan 23, 2:16 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Fayette, Logan, McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming3 hr
Jan 23, 2:30 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Kanawha, Roane60 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2017Every areal 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.