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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 2, 2018Grant County, Hardy County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this river flood warning at Jun 2, 2018, 5:44 PM EDT for Grant County, Hardy County, West Virginia. It took effect at Jun 3, 2018, 1:27 AM EDT. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 2018, 5:44 PM EDT (21:44 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 3, 2018, 1:27 AM EDT
Expired: Jun 3, 2018, 3:36 AM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Grant County, WV, Hardy County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Branch Potomac River near Petersburg (PETW2). The gauge peaked at 12.12 ft at Jun 3, 2018, 11:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01606500, 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 Jun 2, 3:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 3:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 5:05 AM EDT, 12 hours 39 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
505 AM EDT Sat Jun 2 2018

ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ011-013-014-016>018-508-VAZ052>057-030915-
Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island MD-
Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD-
Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD-
Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD-
Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA-
Tidal Potomac from Key Bridge to Indian Head MD-
Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island MD-
Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA-
Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor-
Chester River to Queenstown MD-Eastern Bay-
Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River-
Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD-
Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth
Island-District of Columbia-Southern Baltimore-Prince Georges-
Anne Arundel-Charles-St. Marys-Calvert-Southeast Harford-
Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park-Fairfax-
Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria-Stafford-Spotsylvania-
King George-
505 AM EDT Sat Jun 2 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Maryland portion of the
Chesapeake Bay, Tidal Potomac River, and adjacent counties in
central Maryland and northern Virginia as well as the District of
Columbia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for the entire area through late
tonight.

In addition, River Flood Watches have been posted for many sites
along main stem rivers.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Multiple rounds of showers will continue into Sunday. These
showers will be slow moving across wet ground and capable of
producing additional localized heavy rainfall. This may result in
additional or worsening flooding.

The River Flood Watches continue until further notice.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Skywarn spotters should report any flooding or precipitation
totals per established protocols.

MDZ003>006-501>507-VAZ025>031-036>040-050-051-501>508-WVZ050>053-
055-501>506-030915-
Washington-Frederick MD-Carroll-Northern Baltimore-
Extreme Western Allegany-Central and Eastern Allegany-
Northwest Montgomery-Central and Southeast Montgomery-
Northwest Howard-Central and Southeast Howard-Northwest Harford-
Augusta-Rockingham-Shenandoah-Frederick VA-Page-Warren-Clarke-
Nelson-Albemarle-Greene-Madison-Rappahannock-Orange-Culpeper-
Northern Fauquier-Southern Fauquier-Western Highland-
Eastern Highland-Western Loudoun-Eastern Loudoun-
Northern Virginia Blue Ridge-Central Virginia Blue Ridge-
Hampshire-Morgan-Berkeley-Jefferson-Hardy-Western Grant-
Eastern Grant-Western Mineral-Eastern Mineral-Western Pendleton-
Eastern Pendleton-
505 AM EDT Sat Jun 2 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern West Virginia,
northern and central Virginia, and central and western Maryland
with the exception of Garrett County.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for the entire area through late
tonight.

In addition, River Flood Watches have been posted for many sites
along main stem rivers.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Multiple rounds of showers will continue into Sunday. These
showers will be slow moving across wet ground and capable of
producing additional localized heavy rainfall. This may result in
additional or worsening flooding.

The River Flood Watches continue until further notice.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Skywarn spotters should report any flooding or precipitation
totals per established protocols.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 2, 3:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 3:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 4:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 5:13 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 5:43 PM EDT, 1 minute 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
Jun 1, 9:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Loudoun	3 hr
Jun 1, 11:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		115 min
Jun 1, 11:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		99 min
Jun 1, 11:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		45 min
Jun 2, 12:04 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		90 min
Jun 2, 12:09 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		96 min
Jun 2, 1:05 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Fauquier, Prince William, Stafford	71 min
Jun 2, 1:30 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		60 min
Jun 2, 1:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Madison, Orange	87 min
Jun 2, 3:13 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 27 more	25 hr
Jun 2, 3:25 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	LWX	Loudoun	33 hr
Jun 2, 3:26 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	LWX	Loudoun	33 hr
Jun 2, 3:27 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	LWX	Fairfax, Loudoun	36 hr
Jun 2, 3:27 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	LWX	Clarke, Warren	12 hr
Jun 2, 3:28 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	LWX	Stafford, City of Fredericksburg	37 hr
Jun 2, 8:31 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		32 hr
Jun 2, 9:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Rockingham	18 hr
Jun 2, 12:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Rockingham	3 hr
Jun 2, 1:20 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	LWX	Culpeper, Fauquier	6 hr
Jun 2, 1:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Highland, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg	24 hr
Jun 2, 1:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Augusta	3 hr
Jun 2, 2:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	King George	117 min
Jun 2, 3:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg	10 hr
Jun 2, 3:49 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Clarke, Warren	3 days
Jun 2, 4:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson, Rockingham, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro	12 hr
Jun 2, 5:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Greene, Madison, Page, Rockingham	4 hr
Jun 2, 6:15 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Fauquier	10 hr
Jun 2, 7:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Frederick, City of Winchester	6 hr
Jun 1, 9:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Washington	18 hr
Jun 1, 9:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Washington	11 hr
Jun 1, 9:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Frederick	11 hr
Jun 1, 10:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick	54 min
Jun 2, 3:23 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	LWX	Washington	16 hr
Jun 2, 4:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, City of Baltimore	4 hr
Jun 2, 4:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Washington	6 hr
Jun 2, 5:52 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Washington	67 hr
Jun 2, 5:56 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	LWX	Washington	18 hr
Jun 2, 6:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Allegany	4 hr
Jun 1, 9:46 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Hampshire	3 hr
Jun 2, 3:29 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson	9 hr
Jun 2, 3:29 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	LWX	Morgan	9 hr
Jun 2, 11:55 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Morgan	62 hr
Jun 2, 12:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson	58 hr
Jun 2, 12:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Grant, Hardy, Pendleton	3 hr
Jun 2, 3:33 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	LWX	Hampshire, Hardy	18 hr
Jun 2, 5:42 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Hardy	32 hr
Jun 2, 5:47 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Hampshire, Hardy	41 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2018 Every river flood warning in 2018

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.