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Areal Flood Warning 101, NWS Charleston, WV

September 10, 2018Pleasants County, Tyler County, West Virginia; Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this areal flood warning at Sep 10, 2018, 9:02 AM EDT for Pleasants County, Tyler County, West Virginia; Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 15 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: Sep 10, 2018, 9:02 AM EDT (13:02 UTC)
Expired: Sep 11, 2018, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Washington County, OH, Pleasants County, WV, Tyler County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Sep 10, 6:10 AM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 6:10 AM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 10, 4:39 AM EDT, 4 hours 23 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
Sep 9, 8:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Ritchie, Wirt	113 min
Sep 9, 8:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell, Wyoming	55 min
Sep 9, 9:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh, Wyoming	65 min
Sep 9, 11:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell, Mason, Putnam, Wayne	6 hr
Sep 9, 11:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln	96 min
Sep 10, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wyoming	31 min
Sep 10, 3:55 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Kanawha, Pleasants, Tyler, Wood	18 days
Sep 10, 7:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Meigs	15 hr
Sep 10, 12:20 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Carter, Greenup	12 hr
Sep 10, 11:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Greenup	14 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2018 Areal Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2018 Every areal 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.