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Snow Advisory 1, NWS Charleston, WV

January 1, 200814 counties in West Virginia; 4 counties in Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this snow advisory at Jan 1, 2008, 4:16 PM EST for 14 counties in West Virginia; 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 1, 2008, 4:16 PM EST (21:16 UTC)
Expired: Jan 2, 2008, 4:00 PM EST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Athens County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Washington County, OH, Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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 Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow advisory went out at Jan 1, 3:36 PM EST, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 3:36 PM EST, 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 4:12 PM EST, 4 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
Jan 1, 3:44 AM EST	Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory	RLX	Barbour, McDowell, Taylor, Upshur, Wyoming	48 hr
Jan 1, 3:44 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Upshur	48 hr

Nearby

Snow Advisories in West Virginia, 2008 Snow Advisories in Ohio, 2008 Every snow 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.