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River Flood Watch 32, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this river flood watch at Sep 21, 2021, 9:50 AM EDT for Pendleton County, West Virginia. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2021, 9:50 AM EDT (13:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2021, 3:43 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pendleton County, WV
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point South Branch Potomac River at Franklin (FKLW2). The gauge peaked at 7.92 ft at Sep 22, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 6 ft
- Minor stage
- 7 ft
- Moderate stage
- 9 ft
- Major stage
- 11 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01605500, 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 watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood watch went out at Sep 21, 3:57 AM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 3:57 AM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 3:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Fairfax and 21 more | 57 hr |
| Sep 21, 1:30 PM EDT | Gale Warning | LWX | 45 hr | |
| Sep 21, 1:30 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 46 hr | |
| Sep 21, 3:11 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | Anne Arundel, Saint Mary's | 20 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.