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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Charleston, WV

February 13, 2025Boone County, Kanawha County, Lincoln County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this river flood warning at Feb 13, 2025, 12:22 PM EST for Boone County, Kanawha County, Lincoln County, West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 16, 2025, 9:09 AM EST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 13, 2025, 12:22 PM EST (17:22 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 16, 2025, 9:09 AM EST
Expired: Feb 17, 2025, 5:41 AM EST
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Boone County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Coal River (WV) at Tornado (TORW2). The gauge peaked at 28.24 ft at Feb 16, 2025, 6:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03200500, 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 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 9:41 AM EST, 2 hours 41 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
Feb 13, 1:52 AM EST	Flood Watch	RLX	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more	3 days
Feb 13, 3:15 AM EST	Wind Advisory	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	16 hr
Feb 13, 11:56 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Mingo	4 days
Feb 13, 11:59 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Mingo, Wayne	4 days
Feb 13, 12:17 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Lincoln	4 days
Feb 13, 12:10 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Carter, Greenup	4 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.