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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Charleston, WV

February 13, 2025Carter County, Greenup County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this river flood warning at Feb 13, 2025, 12:10 PM EST for Carter County, Greenup County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 16, 2025, 5:01 AM EST. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 13, 2025, 12:10 PM EST (17:10 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 16, 2025, 5:01 AM EST
Expired
Feb 17, 2025, 7:52 AM EST
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:11 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 Little Sandy River at Grayson (GYNK2).

Action stage
19 ft
Minor stage
21 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03216500, 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 13, 9:41 AM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 9:41 AM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 1:52 AM ESTFlood WatchRLXBarbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more3 days
Feb 13, 3:15 AM ESTWind AdvisoryRLXPocahontas, Randolph16 hr
Feb 13, 11:56 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningRLXMingo4 days
Feb 13, 11:59 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningRLXMingo, Wayne4 days
Feb 13, 12:17 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRLXLincoln4 days
Feb 13, 12:22 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRLXBoone, Kanawha, Lincoln4 days

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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.