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Areal Flood Warning 113, NWS Charleston, WV

September 27, 20185 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this areal flood warning at Sep 27, 2018, 5:54 PM EDT for 5 counties in 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: Sep 27, 2018, 5:54 PM EDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired: Sep 28, 2018, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Braxton County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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 27, 5:41 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 27, 5:41 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 27, 2:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Charleston WV
258 PM EDT Thu Sep 27 2018

VAZ003-004-WVZ013-015-016-018-024>030-033-034-039-040-515>526-281900-
Dickenson-Buchanan-Lincoln-Kanawha-Roane-Calhoun-Mingo-Logan-Boone-
Clay-Braxton-Gilmer-Lewis-McDowell-Wyoming-Upshur-Barbour-
Northwest Raleigh-Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette-
Southeast Fayette-Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas-
Northwest Webster-Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas-
Southeast Pocahontas-Northwest Randolph-Southeast Randolph-
258 PM EDT Thu Sep 27 2018

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia, and
portions of central West Virginia, northeast West Virginia,
northern West Virginia, southeast West Virginia and southern West
Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other
methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports.

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-014-017-019-020-
031-032-281900-
Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-
Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Wayne-Cabell-Mason-
Jackson WV-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Putnam-Wirt-Ritchie-Doddridge-
Harrison-Taylor-
258 PM EDT Thu Sep 27 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast
Ohio, and portions of central West Virginia, northern West
Virginia, southern West Virginia and western West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other
methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 27, 4:21 AM EDT	Flood Watch	RLX	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette and 15 more	20 hr
Sep 27, 4:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Kanawha, Nicholas and 1 more	9 hr
Sep 27, 5:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne	6 hr
Sep 27, 5:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, McDowell, Mingo, Nicholas and 3 more	6 hr
Sep 27, 6:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour, Pocahontas, Randolph, Taylor	8 hr
Sep 27, 6:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Lawrence	3 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 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.