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Areal Flood Warning 71, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this areal flood warning at May 6, 2018, 8:36 AM EDT for Cabell County, Wayne County, West Virginia; Gallia County, Lawrence County, Ohio; Boyd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 11 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
- May 6, 2018, 8:36 AM EDT (12:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2018, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Boyd County, KY, Gallia County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Cabell County, WV, Wayne County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:36 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 May 6, 6:35 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 6:35 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 426 AM EDT Sun May 6 2018 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>034-039-040-515>526-070830- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington- Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Dickenson-Buchanan-Wayne- Cabell-Mason-Jackson WV-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Lincoln-Putnam-Kanawha- Roane-Wirt-Calhoun-Ritchie-Doddridge-Mingo-Logan-Boone-Clay-Braxton- Gilmer-Lewis-Harrison-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- 426 AM EDT Sun May 6 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio, southwest Virginia and much of West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 6, 8:21 AM EDT, 15 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 6, 4:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 11 hr |
| May 6, 8:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 3 hr |
| May 6, 8:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 9 hr |
| May 6, 11:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Putnam | 15 hr |
| May 6, 11:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Clay, Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 6, 12:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas, Webster | 57 min |
| May 6, 3:16 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Clay, Fayette and 9 more | 29 hr |
| May 6, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 118 min |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2018Areal Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2018Areal Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2018Every 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.