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Flood Watch 14, NWS Charleston, WV

December 20, 201818 counties in West Virginia; 6 counties in Ohio; Boyd County, Lawrence County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flood watch at Dec 20, 2018, 11:10 AM EST for 18 counties in West Virginia; 6 counties in Ohio; Boyd County, Lawrence County, Kentucky. It took effect at Dec 20, 2018, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 20, 2018, 11:10 AM EST (16:10 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 20, 2018, 1:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 21, 2018, 5:54 PM EST
In force: 29 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Flood severity: None

All 26 counties

Boyd County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Washington County, OH, Cabell County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

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 Dec 20, 9:59 AM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 9:59 AM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Nearby

Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2018 Flood Watches in Ohio, 2018 Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2018 Every flood watch in 2018

Sources

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