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Flood Watch 3, NWS Charleston, WV

May 22, 20269 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flood watch at May 22, 2026, 2:20 AM EDT for 9 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at May 22, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 2026, 2:20 AM EDT (06:20 UTC)
In effect from: May 22, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 24, 2026, 2:02 AM EDT
In force: 42 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Flood severity: None

All 22 counties

Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Cabell County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Mason County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:21 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 22, 12:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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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.