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Flood Watch 11, NWS Charleston, WV

September 27, 201821 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flood watch at Sep 27, 2018, 4:21 AM EDT for 21 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Sep 27, 2018, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 27, 2018, 4:21 AM EDT (08:21 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 27, 2018, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired: Sep 28, 2018, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Flood severity: None

All 21 counties

Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Roane County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Sep 27, 3:51 AM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 27, 3:51 AM EDT, 30 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 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, 5:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur, Webster	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

Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2018 Every flood watch 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.