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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV

January 24, 2020Ritchie County, Wirt County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this areal flood warning at Jan 24, 2020, 6:41 PM EST for Ritchie County, Wirt County, West Virginia. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 24, 2020, 6:41 PM EST (23:41 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2020, 3:45 AM EST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Ritchie County, WV, Wirt County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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 areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Jan 24, 2:26 PM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 2:26 PM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 24, 2:39 AM EST, 16 hours 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 24, 5:21 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
521 PM EST FRI JAN 24 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0507 PM     FLOOD            MINERAL WELLS           39.18N  81.51W
01/24/2020                   WOOD               WV   PUBLIC

            CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS.

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EVENT NUMBER RLX2000148

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 24, 2:24 AM EST	Wind Advisory	RLX	Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	17 hr
Jan 24, 4:29 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Wood	9 hr
Jan 24, 6:59 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane	3 hr

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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.