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Flood Watch 7, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flood watch at Sep 10, 2023, 3:15 AM EDT for 22 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Sep 10, 2023, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 2023, 3:15 AM EDT (07:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 10, 2023, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2023, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Flood severity
- None
All 22 counties
Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison 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, Taylor County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:20 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 Sep 10, 1:43 AM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 1:43 AM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh | 46 min |
| Sep 10, 2:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 7:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton | 3 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.