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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, OH

December 18, 20095 counties in Ohio; Lewis County, Mason County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this winter storm warning at Dec 18, 2009, 3:47 PM EST for 5 counties in Ohio; Lewis County, Mason County, Kentucky. It took effect at Dec 18, 2009, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 20 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: Dec 18, 2009, 3:47 PM EST (20:47 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 18, 2009, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 19, 2009, 3:16 PM EST
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH

Counties Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Adams County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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 warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Dec 18, 1:09 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 1:09 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 4:59 AM EST, 10 hours 48 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 18, 4:08 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ILN	Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Fairfield and 9 more	35 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Ohio, 2009 Winter Storm Warnings in Kentucky, 2009 Every winter storm warning in 2009

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.