Alert archive / West Virginia / River Flood Warnings in 2018
River Flood Warning 76, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this river flood warning at Sep 9, 2018, 12:49 PM EDT for Berkeley County, Jefferson County, West Virginia. It took effect at Sep 9, 2018, 7:18 PM EDT. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2018, 12:49 PM EDT (16:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 9, 2018, 7:18 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2018, 4:39 AM EDT
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Berkeley County, WV, Jefferson County, WV
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Opequon Creek near Martinsburg (MBGW2). The gauge peaked at 12.89 ft at Sep 10, 2018, 7:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 12.5 ft
- Major stage
- 15 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01616500, 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 Sep 9, 9:24 AM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 9:24 AM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 5:15 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, King George, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 3 days |
| Sep 9, 9:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick | 12 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church, City of Manassas Park | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:56 PM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Loudoun | 5 days |
| Sep 9, 12:56 PM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Loudoun | 5 days |
| Sep 9, 12:57 PM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 5 days |
| Sep 9, 2:38 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 38 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:34 PM EDT | Gale Warning | LWX | 4 hr | |
| Sep 9, 6:06 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 59 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 69 hr |
| Sep 9, 7:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Allegany | 18 hr |
| Sep 9, 9:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford, Howard and 2 more | 34 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:46 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LWX | Allegany | 28 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:48 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LWX | Washington | 52 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:50 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick | 48 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:54 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LWX | Washington | 71 hr |
| Sep 9, 1:20 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LWX | Allegany | 8 hr |
| Sep 9, 5:58 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LWX | Allegany | 23 hr |
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.