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Flood Watch 15, NWS Charleston, WV

December 27, 201810 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flood watch at Dec 27, 2018, 3:16 AM EST for 10 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Dec 27, 2018, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 27, 2018, 3:16 AM EST (08:16 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 27, 2018, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 28, 2018, 1:00 PM EST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Flood severity
None

Counties Boone County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 27, 1:45 PM ESTWind AdvisoryRLXPocahontas, Randolph16 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2018Every 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.