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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Charleston, WV

February 4, 2022Harrison County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this river flood warning at Feb 4, 2022, 1:07 PM EST for Harrison County, West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 4, 2022, 3:56 PM EST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 4, 2022, 1:07 PM EST (18:07 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 4, 2022, 3:56 PM EST
Expired: Feb 4, 2022, 8:21 PM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Harrison County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point West Fork River near Clarksburg (CLKW2). The gauge peaked at 14.05 ft at Feb 4, 2022, 2:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03058975, 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 4, 12:52 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 12:52 PM EST, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 4, 11:01 AM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 4, 7:49 AM EST, 5 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
749 AM EST FRI FEB 4 2022

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

0740 AM     SNOW             THORNVILLE              39.90N 82.42W
02/04/2022  M3.0 INCH        PERRY              OH   PUBLIC

            COATING OF SLEET AS WELL.

&&

MEK

Local storm report, Feb 4, 8:02 AM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
802 AM EST FRI FEB 4 2022

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

0700 AM     FREEZING RAIN    ATHENS                  39.33N 82.10W
02/04/2022  M0.20 INCH       ATHENS             OH   COCORAHS

            0.7 INCHES OF SNOW AS WELL.

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Local storm report, Feb 4, 10:40 AM EST, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 4, 11:34 AM EST, 1 hour 33 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 3, 10:15 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam and 1 more	12 hr
Feb 4, 12:46 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph and 3 more	18 hr
Feb 4, 1:02 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha, Lewis, Roane and 1 more	11 hr
Feb 4, 9:46 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Gilmer	10 hr
Feb 4, 2:09 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Carter, Greenup	15 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2022 Every river flood warning in 2022

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.