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Weather Forecast Office Charleston, WV

Ohio River Forecast Center

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River at a Glance

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Printable Image About this graph Tabular Data (UTC) Tabular Data (EDT) Datum: NAVD88 Metadata

NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the Cheat River at Job. Only observed stages are available for this point. Vertical datum height estimated from NGVD29 to NAVD88 using the NGS VERTCON conversion program

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Downstream Gauge

Flood Categories (in feet) Major Flood Stage: 20 Moderate Flood Stage: 15 Flood Stage: 14 Action Stage: 11 Low Stage (in feet): 0 Historic Crests (1) 8.19 ft on 09/19/2003 (2) 7.61 ft on 06/19/1998 (3) 5.60 ft on 05/05/1998 (P): Preliminary values subject to further review. Recent Crests (1) 8.19 ft on 09/19/2003 (2) 7.61 ft on 06/19/1998 (3) 5.60 ft on 05/05/1998 (P): Preliminary values subject to further review. Low Water Records (1) 3.00 ft on 11/29/1998 (2) 3.00 ft on 11/30/1998 For more information on your flood risk go to www.floodsmart.gov. Show FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layers FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layers not showing? Why aren't the FEMA National Flood Hazard Layers showing on the ESRI Map? Possible reasons: There are no FEMA National Flood Hazard Layers for the location which you are viewing on ESRI Maps. The FEMA Web Mapping Service (WMS) is down. Note: Your zoom level may have changed. ESRI's zoom levels must be between 14 and 16 to show National Flood Hazard layers.

Zoom Level:16 Legend FEMA Layer Gauge Location Disclaimer Latitude/Longitude Disclaimer: The gauge location shown in the above map is the approximate location based on the latitude/longitude coordinates provided to the NWS by the gauge owner.

Flood Impacts & Photos

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20	Much of job is flooded.
15	House flooded 100 yards downstream, on the left bank, from the river gage.
14	Water over county route 29 in job.

About This Location

Latitude: 38.871667° N, Longitude: 79.557500° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84 River Stage Reference Frame Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses NWS stage 0 ft 14 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps Vertical Datum Elevation (gauge height = 0) Elevation (gauge height = flood stage) Elevation information source NAVD88 2533.603 ft 2547.603 ft Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps NGVD 29 2534.000 ft 2548.000 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks Other 2550 ft 2564 ft Other is off of topo maps. Bankfull stage is 14 ft.

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