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Areal Flood Warning 65, NWS Charleston, WV

April 17, 2018Pleasants County, Tyler County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this areal flood warning at Apr 17, 2018, 4:50 AM EDT for Pleasants County, Tyler County, West Virginia. It was in force for 111 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 17, 2018, 4:50 AM EDT (08:50 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 2018, 6:41 AM EDT
In force: 111 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Pleasants County, WV, Tyler County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Apr 17, 2:06 AM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 2:06 AM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 4:03 AM EDT, 47 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Charleston WV
403 AM EDT Tue Apr 17 2018

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>031-
180815-
Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-
Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Wayne-Cabell-Mason-
Jackson WV-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Lincoln-Putnam-Kanawha-Roane-Wirt-
Calhoun-Ritchie-Doddridge-Mingo-Logan-Boone-Clay-Braxton-Gilmer-
Lewis-Harrison-
403 AM EDT Tue Apr 17 2018

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

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...Today and Tonight.

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

   Freeze Warning.

Additional frost or freeze headlines may be needed tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

VAZ003-004-WVZ032>034-039-040-515>526-180815-
Dickenson-Buchanan-Taylor-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-
403 AM EDT Tue Apr 17 2018

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...Today and Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 17, 5:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Fayette	6 hr
Apr 17, 9:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	3 hr
Apr 17, 11:24 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	48 hr
Apr 17, 12:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Fayette	3 hr
Apr 17, 4:58 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 9 more	16 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.