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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Charleston, WV

February 21, 2019Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this river flood warning at Feb 21, 2019, 3:12 AM EST for Washington County, Ohio. It took effect at Feb 21, 2019, 6:39 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 21, 2019, 3:12 AM EST (08:12 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 21, 2019, 6:39 AM EST
Expired
Feb 21, 2019, 2:44 PM EST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Washington County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Muskingum River at Beverly (BEVO1).

Action stage
26 ft
Minor stage
29 ft
Moderate stage
34 ft
Major stage
40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03150500, 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 Feb 20, 2:31 PM EST, 12 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 2:31 PM EST, 12 hours 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 12:15 PM ESTFlood WatchRLXBoone, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln and 9 more67 hr
Feb 21, 1:45 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRLXPocahontas, Randolph19 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2019Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.