Alert archive / West Virginia / Freeze Warnings in 2009

Freeze Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV

April 11, 20099 counties in West Virginia; 8 counties in Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this freeze warning at Apr 11, 2009, 2:32 PM EDT for 9 counties in West Virginia; 8 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Apr 12, 2009, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 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: Apr 11, 2009, 2:32 PM EDT (18:32 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 12, 2009, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 12, 2009, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Calhoun County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Mason 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), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Apr 11, 1:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 1:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 4:38 AM EDT, 9 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
438 AM EDT SAT APR 11 2009

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>019-024>026-
120845-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-
JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-
CALHOUN-RITCHIE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-
438 AM EDT SAT APR 11 2009

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

   FREEZE WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

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

   FREEZE WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

VAZ003-004-WVZ020-027>040-046-047-120845-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-DODDRIDGE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-
TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-
BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
438 AM EDT SAT APR 11 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST
VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

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
Apr 11, 4:26 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Calhoun, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln and 11 more	10 hr
Apr 11, 2:32 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo and 2 more	19 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in West Virginia, 2009 Freeze Warnings in Ohio, 2009 Every freeze 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.