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River Flood Warning 58, NWS Charleston, WV

December 22, 2018Mason County, West Virginia; Gallia County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this river flood warning at Dec 22, 2018, 11:48 AM EST for Mason County, West Virginia; Gallia County, Ohio. It took effect at Dec 22, 2018, 6:30 PM EST. It was in force for 46 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 22, 2018, 11:48 AM EST (16:48 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 22, 2018, 6:30 PM EST
Expired: Dec 24, 2018, 4:42 PM EST
In force: 46 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Gallia County, OH, Mason County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ohio River at Point Pleasant (POPW2). The gauge peaked at 42.30 ft at Dec 23, 2018, 1:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 38 ft
Minor stage: 40 ft
Moderate stage: 44 ft
Major stage: 48 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03201500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Dec 22, 9:16 AM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 9:16 AM EST, 2 hours 32 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
Dec 21, 7:25 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	McDowell	2 hr
Dec 21, 7:45 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo and 3 more	3 hr
Dec 22, 2:10 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Washington	9 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2018 River Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2018 Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.