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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Charleston, WV

March 6, 20085 counties in Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this winter storm watch at Mar 6, 2008, 3:46 PM EST for 5 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Mar 7, 2008, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 6, 2008, 3:46 PM EST (20:46 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 7, 2008, 10:00 PM EST
Expired: Mar 7, 2008, 5:47 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Athens County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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 winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Mar 6, 3:30 PM EST, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 3:30 PM EST, 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 6, 3:30 PM EST, 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
330 PM EST THU MAR 6 2008

OHZ066-067-075-083-084-072030-
PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-JACKSON OH-VINTON-
330 PM EST THU MAR 6 2008

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER STORM WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ076-085>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-
046-047-072030-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-WASHINGTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-
TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-
MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-
WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-
RANDOLPH-
330 PM EST THU MAR 6 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 5, 9:57 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	57 hr
Mar 5, 8:46 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RLX	Athens	17 hr

Nearby

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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.