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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV

January 28, 2024Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this river flood warning at Jan 28, 2024, 12:57 PM EST for Washington County, Ohio. It took effect at Jan 28, 2024, 2:08 PM EST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 28, 2024, 12:57 PM EST (17:57 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 28, 2024, 2:08 PM EST
Expired
Jan 29, 2024, 10:45 AM EST
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Washington County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:57 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 Muskingum River at Beverly (BEVO1). The gauge peaked at 30.12 ft at Jan 28, 2024, 7:00 PM EST.

actionminormoderate25303501/2801/2901/30
Action stage
26 ft
Minor stage
29 ft
Moderate stage
34 ft
Major stage
40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03150500, 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 Jan 27, 6:15 PM EST, 18 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 6:15 PM EST, 18 hours 42 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 7:06 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningRLXPocahontas5 hr
Jan 28, 11:17 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningRLXJackson, Mason, Pleasants, Wood27 hr
Jan 28, 6:54 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningRLXWashington31 hr

Nearby

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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.