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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Charleston, WV

April 12, 2024Gilmer County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this river flood warning at Apr 12, 2024, 6:13 AM EDT for Gilmer County, West Virginia. It took effect at Apr 12, 2024, 6:50 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 12, 2024, 6:13 AM EDT (10:13 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 12, 2024, 6:50 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 12, 2024, 10:03 PM EDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Gilmer County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Kanawha River at Glenville (GLEW2). The gauge peaked at 24.89 ft at Apr 12, 2024, 12:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 23 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03152000, 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 Apr 12, 6:13 AM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 6:13 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 12, 5:10 AM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 12, 2:58 AM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Charleston WV
258 AM EDT Fri Apr 12 2024

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

0100 AM     Flash Flood      2 SSE South Charleston  38.33N 81.70W
04/12/2024                   Kanawha            WV   Public

            A caller advised that there is no way in or
            out of Davis Creek due to high water.

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Local storm report, Apr 12, 3:28 AM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 12, 3:55 AM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 12, 4:44 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 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
Apr 11, 8:09 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne	3 hr
Apr 11, 8:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Wood	4 hr
Apr 11, 10:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne	8 hr
Apr 11, 10:18 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln	16 hr
Apr 11, 11:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam and 1 more	16 hr
Apr 11, 11:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan, Mingo	9 hr
Apr 11, 11:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Raleigh and 1 more	9 hr
Apr 11, 11:55 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Harrison	2 hr
Apr 12, 12:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 4 more	12 hr
Apr 12, 12:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Wood	3 days
Apr 12, 3:12 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	RLX	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 22 more	39 hr
Apr 12, 3:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Doddridge, Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Ritchie and 4 more	31 hr
Apr 12, 11:30 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Tyler, Wood	60 hr
Apr 12, 11:33 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Wood	66 hr
Apr 12, 11:34 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Wood	64 hr
Apr 12, 11:36 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Wood	3 days
Apr 12, 11:39 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	3 days
Apr 12, 11:41 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	5 days
Apr 12, 11:54 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	3 days
Apr 12, 11:58 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Wirt	11 hr
Apr 11, 10:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Vinton	3 hr
Apr 12, 7:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Carter	24 min
Apr 12, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Carter	26 min

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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.