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Areal Flood Warning 49, NWS Charleston, WV

December 17, 2019Cabell County, Lincoln County, Putnam County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this areal flood warning at Dec 17, 2019, 3:57 PM EST for Cabell County, Lincoln County, Putnam County, West Virginia. It was in force for 15 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: Dec 17, 2019, 3:57 PM EST (20:57 UTC)
Expired: Dec 18, 2019, 7:00 AM EST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Cabell County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Putnam County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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 Dec 16, 6:55 PM EST, 21 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 6:55 PM EST, 21 hours 2 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 17, 12:28 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha and 4 more	14 hr
Dec 17, 12:29 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 5 more	32 hr
Dec 17, 11:13 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Wayne	31 hr
Dec 17, 12:38 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Tyler, Wood	9 hr
Dec 16, 10:29 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton, Washington	12 hr
Dec 17, 11:08 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Lawrence	3 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2019 Every areal flood warning in 2019

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.