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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this river flood warning at Feb 8, 2019, 6:11 AM EST for Jackson County, Wood County, West Virginia; Meigs County, Ohio. It took effect at Feb 8, 2019, 2:23 PM EST. It was in force for 6 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 8, 2019, 6:11 AM EST (11:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 8, 2019, 2:23 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2019, 6:37 AM EST
- In force
- 6 days
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Meigs County, OH, Jackson County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:14 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 Ohio River at Belleville Lock (BEVW2).
- Action stage
- 33 ft
- Minor stage
- 35 ft
- Moderate stage
- 38 ft
- Major stage
- 45 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 390707081443202, 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 8, 6:06 AM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 6:06 AM EST, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 607 AM EST Fri Feb 8 2019 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-014-017-019- 091115- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington- Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Wayne-Cabell-Mason- Jackson WV-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Putnam-Wirt-Ritchie- 607 AM EST Fri Feb 8 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio, and portions of central West Virginia, northern West Virginia, southern West Virginia and western West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Some streams and creeks remain out of their banks across Southeast Ohio with many roads still closed due to flooding. Also, expect strong rises on the Ohio River today and streams and creeks that flow into the Ohio River will likely become backed up with some minor flooding possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Heavy rain and flooding will be possible Monday night through Tuesday. A flood watch may be needed at a later time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. VAZ003-004-WVZ013-015-016-018-020-024>034-039-040-515>522-524-525- 091115- Dickenson-Buchanan-Lincoln-Kanawha-Roane-Calhoun-Doddridge-Mingo- Logan-Boone-Clay-Braxton-Gilmer-Lewis-Harrison-Taylor-McDowell- Wyoming-Upshur-Barbour-Northwest Raleigh-Southeast Raleigh- Northwest Fayette-Southeast Fayette-Northwest Nicholas- Southeast Nicholas-Northwest Webster-Southeast Webster- Southeast Pocahontas-Northwest Randolph- 607 AM EST Fri Feb 8 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia, and portions of central West Virginia, northeast West Virginia, northern West Virginia, southeast West Virginia and southern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. WVZ523-526-091115- Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Randolph- 607 AM EST Fri Feb 8 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 8, 1:17 AM EST, 4 hours 54 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 10:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 31 min |
| Feb 7, 10:56 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Randolph, Webster | 20 hr |
| Feb 8, 11:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 58 hr |
| Feb 7, 9:11 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RLX | Morgan, Washington | 59 hr |
| Feb 7, 9:11 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RLX | Washington | 26 hr |
| Feb 7, 9:28 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RLX | Athens | 48 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2019River 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.