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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Charleston, WV

February 11, 2019Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this river flood warning at Feb 11, 2019, 9:24 PM EST for Washington County, Ohio. It took effect at Feb 12, 2019, 6:30 AM EST. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 11, 2019, 9:24 PM EST (02:24 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 12, 2019, 6:30 AM EST
Expired: Feb 14, 2019, 3:05 AM EST
In force: 45 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 02:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Muskingum River at Beverly (BEVO1). The gauge peaked at 32.30 ft at Feb 13, 2019, 6:00 AM EST.

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 11, 6:44 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 6:44 PM EST, 2 hours 40 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
Feb 12, 11:40 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	3 days
Feb 12, 11:40 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	67 hr
Feb 12, 11:40 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell, Wayne	4 days
Feb 12, 11:40 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	4 days
Feb 12, 2:46 PM EST	Wind Advisory	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette and 22 more	24 hr
Feb 12, 5:12 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Wayne	48 min
Feb 12, 6:07 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wirt, Wood	38 min
Feb 12, 6:16 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Wood	27 hr
Feb 12, 6:51 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas	39 min
Feb 12, 10:52 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Washington	6 hr
Feb 12, 11:40 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Lawrence	4 days
Feb 12, 1:17 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Washington	12 hr
Feb 12, 1:27 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Morgan	3 hr
Feb 12, 4:42 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Washington	19 hr
Feb 12, 5:35 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Morgan, Washington	29 hr

Nearby

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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.