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Snow Advisory 3, NWS Wilmington, OH

February 19, 200825 counties in Ohio; 12 counties in Kentucky; 8 counties in Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this snow advisory at Feb 19, 2008, 3:50 PM EST for 25 counties in Ohio; 12 counties in Kentucky; 8 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Feb 20, 2008, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 19, 2008, 3:50 PM EST (20:50 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 20, 2008, 3:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 20, 2008, 12:00 PM EST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH

All 45 counties

Dearborn County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Boone County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Licking County, OH, Madison County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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 snow advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow advisory went out at Feb 19, 3:34 PM EST, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 3:34 PM EST, 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 19, 5:01 AM EST, 10 hours 49 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.