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Flood Watch 4, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flood watch at Aug 30, 2020, 7:29 PM EDT for 6 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Aug 31, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2020, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 31, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2020, 9:57 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Fayette County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Webster County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Aug 30, 2:16 PM EDT, 5 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 2:16 PM EDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
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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.