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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Charleston, WV

April 3, 2024Mason County, West Virginia; Meigs County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this river flood warning at Apr 3, 2024, 1:07 PM EDT for Mason County, West Virginia; Meigs County, Ohio. It took effect at Apr 3, 2024, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2024, 1:07 PM EDT (17:07 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 3, 2024, 11:00 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 7, 2024, 7:20 AM EDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Major

Counties Meigs County, OH, Mason County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ohio River at Pomeroy (POMO1).

Action stage: 42 ft
Minor stage: 46 ft
Moderate stage: 48 ft
Major stage: 50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 3, 12:42 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 12:42 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 11:29 AM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 11:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 12:15 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 12:18 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 12:21 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 12:24 PM EDT, 43 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 2, 10:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mason	32 min
Apr 2, 11:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Wirt	26 min
Apr 3, 3:01 AM EDT	Winter Storm Watch	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	8 hr
Apr 3, 4:04 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Tyler	15 hr
Apr 3, 4:29 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Wood	7 hr
Apr 3, 7:59 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Wood	3 days
Apr 3, 8:01 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Wood	3 days
Apr 3, 8:05 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Tyler, Wood	3 days
Apr 3, 8:08 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Wood	4 days
Apr 3, 8:54 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Harrison, Lewis, Nicholas, Pocahontas and 4 more	16 hr
Apr 3, 10:39 AM EDT	Winter Storm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	61 hr
Apr 3, 12:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	4 days
Apr 3, 1:14 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	4 days
Apr 3, 1:53 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour	25 hr
Apr 3, 6:29 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour	11 hr
Apr 2, 8:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Perry	45 min
Apr 2, 8:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Perry	14 min
Apr 2, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Vinton	43 min
Apr 2, 8:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	25 min
Apr 2, 9:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton	42 min
Apr 3, 12:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Washington	30 min
Apr 3, 12:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Gallia, Lawrence	37 hr
Apr 3, 1:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Washington	37 hr
Apr 3, 2:05 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Meigs	38 hr
Apr 2, 8:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Greenup	32 min
Apr 2, 8:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Greenup	15 min
Apr 3, 2:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Carter	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2024 River Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2024 Every river flood warning in 2024

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.