Alert archive / West Virginia / River Flood Warnings in 2023
River Flood Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this river flood warning at Feb 17, 2023, 8:47 PM EST for Cabell County, Lincoln County, West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 17, 2023, 10:15 PM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2023, 8:47 PM EST (01:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2023, 10:15 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2023, 5:52 AM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Cabell County, WV, Lincoln County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Guyandotte River at Branchland (BRAW2). The gauge peaked at 30.18 ft at Feb 18, 2023, 12:00 AM EST.
- Action stage
- 26 ft
- Minor stage
- 30 ft
- Moderate stage
- 35 ft
- Major stage
- 40 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03204000, 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 17, 6:45 PM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 6:45 PM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 9:04 AM EST, 11 hours 43 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 904 AM EST Fri Feb 17 2023 WVZ523-526-181415- Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Randolph- 904 AM EST Fri Feb 17 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Light snow showers can bring some light accumulations between one to two inches through late evening. Gusty winds of 30 to 40 mph can be expected today. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>034-039-040-515>522-524-525-181415- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington- Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Dickenson-Buchanan-Wayne- Cabell-Mason-Jackson WV-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Lincoln-Putnam-Kanawha- Roane-Wirt-Calhoun-Ritchie-Doddridge-Mingo-Logan-Boone-Clay-Braxton- Gilmer-Lewis-Harrison-Taylor-McDowell-Wyoming-Upshur-Barbour- Northwest Raleigh-Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette- Southeast Fayette-Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas- Northwest Webster-Southeast Webster-Southeast Pocahontas- Northwest Randolph- 904 AM EST Fri Feb 17 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio, southwest Virginia and much of West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 17, 3:48 PM EST, 4 hours 59 minutes before
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River Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2023Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.