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River Flood Warning 31, NWS Charleston, WV

April 5, 2025Mason County, West Virginia; Gallia County, Ohio

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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.

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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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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

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Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Wayne-Cabell-Mason-
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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.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 7:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Lincoln24 min
Apr 5, 12:37 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXJackson, Wood32 hr
Apr 5, 12:38 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXCabell, Wayne24 hr
Apr 5, 12:38 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXWood24 hr
Apr 5, 12:39 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXJackson, Mason32 hr
Apr 5, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLincoln30 min
Apr 5, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Lincoln, Wayne24 min
Apr 5, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Kanawha, Lincoln34 min
Apr 5, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Kanawha31 min
Apr 5, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas34 min
Apr 5, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Nicholas, Webster34 min
Apr 5, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatRLXPocahontas, Randolph, Webster32 min
Apr 5, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph, Webster33 min
Apr 5, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph33 min
Apr 5, 1:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMorgan29 min
Apr 5, 1:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMorgan15 min
Apr 5, 11:50 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXMorgan33 hr
Apr 5, 12:35 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXLawrence55 hr
Apr 5, 12:39 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXScioto67 hr
Apr 5, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLawrence31 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.