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Freeze Warning 5, NWS Charleston, WV

October 19, 200823 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this freeze warning at Oct 19, 2008, 3:44 AM EDT for 23 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Oct 19, 2008, 3:09 PM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 19, 2008, 3:44 AM EDT (07:44 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 19, 2008, 3:09 PM EDT
Expired: Oct 20, 2008, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

All 36 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, Barbour County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:44 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 freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Oct 18, 7:37 PM EDT, 8 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 7:37 PM EDT, 8 hours 7 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 19, 3:44 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 9 more	29 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in West Virginia, 2008 Freeze Warnings in Ohio, 2008 Freeze Warnings in Kentucky, 2008 Every freeze warning in 2008

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.