Alert archive / West Virginia / Flood Watches in 2019
Flood Watch 6, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flood watch at Feb 21, 2019, 12:15 PM EST for 15 counties in West Virginia; Gallia County, Jackson County, Lawrence County, Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 22, 2019, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 54 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 2019, 12:15 PM EST (17:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 22, 2019, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2019, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 54 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Flood severity
- None
All 22 counties
Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Boone County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 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 20, 2:31 PM EST, 21 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 2:31 PM EST, 21 hours 44 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 1:45 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 19 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:12 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RLX | Washington | 12 hr |
Nearby
Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2019Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2019Flood Watches in Ohio, 2019Every 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.