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Flood Watch 3, NWS Charleston, WV

March 23, 202320 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; Boyd County, Carter County, Greenup County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flood watch at Mar 23, 2023, 3:29 AM EDT for 20 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; Boyd County, Carter County, Greenup County, Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 24, 2023, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 23, 2023, 3:29 AM EDT (07:29 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 24, 2023, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 25, 2023, 7:48 AM EDT
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Flood severity: None

All 32 counties

Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Barbour County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Mason County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:28 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 Mar 23, 3:14 AM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 3:14 AM EDT, 15 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
Mar 23, 7:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Morgan, Perry	43 min

Nearby

Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2023 Flood Watches in Ohio, 2023 Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2023 Every flood watch in 2023

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.