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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Charleston, WV

May 3, 202019 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood watch at May 3, 2020, 2:19 AM EDT for 19 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at May 3, 2020, 3:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2020, 2:19 AM EDT (06:19 UTC)
In effect from: May 3, 2020, 3:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 3, 2020, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Flood severity: None

Counties Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Roane County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	95 min
May 3, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	32 min
May 3, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gilmer	93 min
May 3, 9:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gallia	33 min
May 3, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	92 min
May 3, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Carter	34 min

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.