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Flood Watch 4, NWS Charleston, WV

February 9, 20199 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flood watch at Feb 9, 2019, 3:04 PM EST for 9 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 11, 2019, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 9, 2019, 3:04 PM EST (20:04 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 11, 2019, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 12, 2019, 8:00 PM EST
In force: 37 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Flood severity: None

All 22 counties

Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Cabell County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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 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 Feb 8, 3:04 PM EST, 24 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 3:04 PM EST, 24 hours 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
Feb 8, 9:12 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	12 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2019 Flood Watches in Ohio, 2019 Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2019 Every flood watch 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.