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River Flood Warning 31, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this river flood warning at Apr 5, 2025, 3:56 AM EDT for Mason County, West Virginia; Gallia County, Ohio. It took effect at Apr 5, 2025, 10:46 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2025, 3:56 AM EDT (07:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2025, 10:46 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2025, 10:38 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Gallia County, OH, Mason County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 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 Ohio River at Point Pleasant (POPW2). The gauge peaked at 39.67 ft at Apr 5, 2025, 7:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 38 ft
- Minor stage
- 40 ft
- Moderate stage
- 44 ft
- Major stage
- 48 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03201500, 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 4, 7:00 PM EDT, 8 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 7:00 PM EDT, 8 hours 56 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 9:04 AM EDT, 18 hours 52 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 904 AM EDT Fri Apr 4 2025 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>032- 039-040-517-519>522-525-526-051315- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence-Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington- Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Wayne-Cabell-Mason- Jackson WV-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Lincoln-Putnam-Kanawha-Roane-Wirt- Calhoun-Ritchie-Doddridge-Mingo-Logan-Boone-Clay-Braxton-Gilmer- Lewis-Harrison-Taylor-Upshur-Barbour-Northwest Fayette- Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas-Northwest Webster- Southeast Webster-Northwest Randolph-Southeast Randolph- 904 AM EDT Fri Apr 4 2025 ...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio and much of West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. In addition, showers and thunderstorms are possible today and tonight, some of which could be strong to severe. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms continue through the weekend. Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible again Saturday and Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports. VAZ003-004-WVZ033-034-515-516-518-523-524-051315- Dickenson-Buchanan-McDowell-Wyoming-Northwest Raleigh- Southeast Raleigh-Southeast Fayette-Northwest Pocahontas- Southeast Pocahontas- 904 AM EDT Fri Apr 4 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia, and portions of northeast, southeast and southern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Showers and thunderstorms are possible today and tonight, some of which could be strong to severe. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms Saturday through Sunday may lead to minor flooding issues. Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible again Saturday and Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 7:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Lincoln | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 12:37 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wood | 32 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:38 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 24 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:38 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Wood | 24 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:39 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 32 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Wayne | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Nicholas, Webster | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 1:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 1:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan | 15 min |
| Apr 5, 11:50 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Morgan | 33 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:35 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 55 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:39 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Scioto | 67 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 31 min |
Nearby
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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.