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Flood Watch 4, NWS Charleston, WV

February 7, 202524 counties in West Virginia; Lawrence County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flood watch at Feb 7, 2025, 1:47 PM EST for 24 counties in West Virginia; Lawrence County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 8, 2025, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 7, 2025, 1:47 PM EST (18:47 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 8, 2025, 3:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 9, 2025, 2:37 AM EST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Flood severity
None
All 25 counties

Lawrence County, KY, Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Roane County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 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 Feb 7, 12:12 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 12:12 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 7, 8:49 AM EST, 4 hours 58 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 7, 8:56 AM EST, 4 hours 51 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 9:47 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXFayette28 min
Feb 7, 1:53 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRLXPocahontas, Randolph26 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2025Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2025Every flood watch in 2025

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.