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Frost Advisory 5, NWS Charleston, WV

October 19, 200815 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this frost advisory at Oct 19, 2008, 3:44 AM EDT for 15 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Oct 20, 2008, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 19, 2008, 3:44 AM EDT (07:44 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 20, 2008, 3:00 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 20, 2008, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

All 28 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, Boone County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Clay County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wood County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 44 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 frost advisory 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 frost advisory 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	Freeze Warning	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 17 more	29 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in West Virginia, 2008 Frost Advisories in Ohio, 2008 Frost Advisories in Kentucky, 2008 Every frost advisory 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.