Alert archive / West Virginia / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this winter storm warning at Jan 26, 2009, 4:15 PM EST for 26 counties in West Virginia; 4 counties in Kentucky; 9 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Jan 27, 2009, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 40 hr. 11 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 2009, 4:15 PM EST (21:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 27, 2009, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2009, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 40 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
All 39 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, Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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 was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 6:45 PM EST | ICE STORM | Duck, WV | ICE ON ROADS |
| Jan 27, 7:20 PM EST | ICE STORM | Pennsboro, WV | ICE ON ROADS |
| Jan 27, 9:50 PM EST | ICE STORM | Alma, WV | .75 ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Jan 27, 9:52 PM EST | ICE STORM | St. Marys, WV | .25 ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Jan 27, 9:58 PM EST | ICE STORM | Pennsboro, WV | .25 ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Jan 27, 10:00 PM EST | ICE STORM | Huntington, WV | TREE DOWN INTO HOUSE |
| Jan 27, 10:02 PM EST | ICE STORM | West Union, WV | .25 ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Jan 27, 10:12 PM EST | ICE STORM | Hurricane, WV | .25 ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Jan 27, 10:16 PM EST | ICE STORM | Clarksburg, WV | .25 ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Jan 27, 10:28 PM EST | ICE STORM | Huntington, WV | .50 ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Jan 27, 10:50 PM EST | ICE STORM 0 | Warnock, KY | RECEIVED 0.38 INCHES OF ICE. CURRENTLY 28 DEGREES WITH FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 199 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 92 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS41 KRLX 262115 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 415 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-014-016>020- 029>032-039-040-046-047-270515- /O.UPG.KRLX.WS.A.0002.090127T0500Z-090128T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KRLX.WS.W.0001.090127T0500Z-090128T1700Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON- JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-PUTNAM-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE- DODDRIDGE-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS- RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA... BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN... POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...KENOVA...CEREDO... WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD... RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT... PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE...TEAYS VALLEY... HURRICANE...SPENCER...ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE... PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...GLENVILLE...WESTON...CLARKSBURG... BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON... MARLINTON...ELKINS 415 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW SPREADING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND WEST VIRGINIA AFTER MIDNIGHT. AFTER DAYBREAK TUESDAY...WARMER AIR WILL STREAM IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST...AND RESULT IN THE SNOW CHANGING TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. ICE ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE FALLEN SNOW...WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. LATER IN THE DAY TUESDAY AND INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...MANY OF THE COUNTIES WILL SEE PLAIN RAIN. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH WEDNESDAY...LIGHT SNOW RETURNS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA...PRIMARILY BEFORE THE CHANGE IN PRECIPITATION TYPE. ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION DURING PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE THE WARNING CRITERIA SNOW MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT OR SETTLING TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE ONSET OF RAIN IN THE WARMER AIR. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WVZ013-015-024>028-036>038-270515- /O.UPG.KRLX.WS.A.0002.090127T0500Z-090128T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KRLX.WW.Y.0007.090127T0500Z-090127T2200Z/ LINCOLN-KANAWHA-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS- WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS...WILLIAMSON... LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...MADISON...CLAY...SUTTON...GASSAWAY... BURNSVILLE...OAK HILL...FAYETTEVILLE...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD... CRAIGSVILLE...WEBSTER SPRINGS 415 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW SPREADING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND WEST VIRGINIA AFTER MIDNIGHT. AFTER DAYBREAK TUESDAY...WARMER AIR WILL STREAM IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST...AND RESULT IN THE SNOW CHANGING TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. ICE ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE FALLEN SNOW...WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. LATER IN THE DAY TUESDAY AND INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...MANY OF THE COUNTIES WILL SEE PLAIN RAIN. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA...PRIMARILY BEFORE THE CHANGE IN PRECIPITATION TYPE. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION DURING MOMENTS OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE THE ADVISORY CRITERIA SNOW MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE ONSET OF RAIN IN THE WARMER AIR. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND ICE MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WVZ035-270515- /O.NEW.KRLX.WW.Y.0007.090127T0500Z-090127T2200Z/ RALEIGH- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BECKLEY 415 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM EST TUESDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW SPREADING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND WEST VIRGINIA AFTER MIDNIGHT. AFTER DAYBREAK TUESDAY...WARMER AIR WILL STREAM IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST...AND RESULT IN THE SNOW CHANGING TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. ICE ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE FALLEN SNOW...WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. LATER IN THE DAY TUESDAY AND INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...MANY OF THE COUNTIES WILL SEE PLAIN RAIN. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA...PRIMARILY BEFORE THE CHANGE IN PRECIPITATION TYPE. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION DURING MOMENTS OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE THE ADVISORY CRITERIA SNOW MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE ONSET OF RAIN IN THE WARMER AIR. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND ICE MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ 26
12 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KRLX 270341 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1041 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-014-016>020- 029>032-039-040-046-047-271145- /O.CON.KRLX.WS.W.0001.090127T0500Z-090128T1700Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON- JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-PUTNAM-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE- DODDRIDGE-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS- RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA... BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN... POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...KENOVA...CEREDO... WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD... RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT... PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE...TEAYS VALLEY... HURRICANE...SPENCER...ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE... PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...GLENVILLE...WESTON...CLARKSBURG... BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON... MARLINTON...ELKINS 1041 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW SPREADING ACROSS EAST...ACROSS NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND WEST VIRGINIA AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT BEFORE DAWN TUESDAY. AFTER DAYBREAK TUESDAY...WARMER AIR WILL STREAM IN FROM THE SOUTH...AND RESULT IN THE SNOW CHANGING TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. ICE ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE FALLEN SNOW...WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. LATER IN THE DAY TUESDAY AND INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...MANY OF THE COUNTIES WILL SEE PLAIN RAIN. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH WEDNESDAY...LIGHT SNOW RETURNS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA. ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION DURING PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE THE WARNING CRITERIA SNOW MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT OR SETTLING OF THE SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE ONSET OF RAIN IN THE WARMER AIR. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WVZ013-015-024>028-035>038-271145- /O.CON.KRLX.WW.Y.0007.090127T0500Z-090127T2200Z/ LINCOLN-KANAWHA-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-RALEIGH-FAYETTE- NICHOLAS-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS...WILLIAMSON... LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...MADISON...CLAY...SUTTON...GASSAWAY... BURNSVILLE...BECKLEY...OAK HILL...FAYETTEVILLE...SUMMERSVILLE... RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...WEBSTER SPRINGS 1041 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST TUESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW SPREADING EAST...ACROSS NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND WEST VIRGINIA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...BUT BEFORE DAWN ON TUESDAY. AFTER DAYBREAK TUESDAY...WARMER AIR WILL STREAM IN FROM THE SOUTH...AND RESULT IN THE SNOW AND SLEET...BECOMING RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE FALLEN SNOW...WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. LATER IN THE DAY TUESDAY AND INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...MANY OF THE COUNTIES WILL SEE PLAIN RAIN... WITH TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE FREEZING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRIMARILY BEFORE THE CHANGE IN PRECIPITATION TYPE. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION DURING MOMENTS OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE THE ADVISORY CRITERIA SNOW MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE ONSET OF RAIN IN THE WARMER AIR. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND ICE MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS41 KRLX 270932 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 432 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-014-016>020- 029>032-039-040-046-047-271745- /O.CON.KRLX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON- JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-PUTNAM-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE- DODDRIDGE-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS- RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA... BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN... POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...KENOVA...CEREDO... WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD... RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT... PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE...TEAYS VALLEY... HURRICANE...SPENCER...ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE... PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...GLENVILLE...WESTON...CLARKSBURG... BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON... MARLINTON...ELKINS 432 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING RUSH. AFTER DAYBREAK...WARMER AIR WILL STREAM IN FROM THE SOUTH...AND RESULT IN THE SNOW CHANGING TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. ICE ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE FALLEN SNOW...WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. LATER IN THE DAY TUESDAY AND INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...MANY OF THE COUNTIES WILL SEE PLAIN RAIN. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH WEDNESDAY...LIGHT SNOW RETURNS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA. ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION DURING PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE HIGHER SNOW TOTALS WILL BE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OHIO INTO NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE MOST ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY...WEST VIRGINIA. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE THE WARNING CRITERI.MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE 432 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TO BRING SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE AREA BEFORE THE MORNING RUSH THAT WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN DURING THE RUSH. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING RUSH. LATER THIS MORNING...WARMER AIR WILL STREAM IN FROM THE SOUTH...CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION TO JUST PLAIN RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE WELL ABOVE FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WVZ013-015-024>028-035>038-271745- /O.CON.KRLX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090127T2200Z/ LINCOLN-KANAWHA-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-RALEIGH-FAYETTE- NICHOLAS-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS...WILLIAMSON... LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...MADISON...CLAY...SUTTON...GASSAWAY... BURNSVILLE...BECKLEY...OAK HILL...FAYETTEVILLE...SUMMERSVILLE... RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...WEBSTER SPRINGS 432 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING RUSH. AFTER DAYBREAK TODAY...WARMER AIR WILL STREAM IN FROM THE SOUTH...AND RESULT IN THE SNOW AND SLEET...BECOMING RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE FALLEN SNOW... WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. LATER IN THE DAY TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT...MANY OF THE COUNTIES WILL SEE PLAIN RAIN... WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING WELL ABOVE FREEZING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRIMARILY BEFORE THE CHANGE IN PRECIPITATION TYPE. ICE ACCUMULATION DURING PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD AMOUNT TO ONE OR TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE THE ADVISORY CRITERIA SNOW MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH THE ONSET OF RAIN IN THE WARMER AIR. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND ICE MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ TRM
000 WWUS41 KRLX 271217 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 717 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 WVZ013-015-027-028-036>038-272030- /O.UPG.KRLX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090127T2200Z/ /O.EXB.KRLX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090127T2200Z/ LINCOLN-KANAWHA-CLAY-BRAXTON-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS...CLAY...SUTTON... GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...OAK HILL...FAYETTEVILLE...SUMMERSVILLE... RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...WEBSTER SPRINGS 717 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING. LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON...WARMER AIR WILL STREAM IN FROM THE SOUTH... AND RESULT IN THE SNOW AND SLEET...BECOMING RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE FALLEN SNOW... WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. LATER IN THE DAY TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT...MANY OF THE COUNTIES WILL SEE PLAIN RAIN... WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING WELL ABOVE FREEZING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA...PRIMARILY BEFORE THE CHANGE IN PRECIPITATION TYPE. ICE ACCUMULATION DURING PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD AMOUNT TO ONE OR TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE THE WARNING CRITERIA SNOW MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT TONIGHT...WITH THE ONSET OF RAIN IN THE WARMER AIR. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND ICE MEANS THAT PERIODS OF A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.SNOW AND ICE WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WVZ024>026-035-272030- /O.UPG.KRLX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090127T2200Z/ /O.EXB.KRLX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090127T2200Z/ MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-RALEIGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE... MAN...MADISON...BECKLEY 717 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STORM SYSTEM THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING. AFTER DAYBREAK TODAY...WARMER AIR WILL STREAM IN FROM THE SOUTH... AND RESULT IN PRECIPITATION BECOMING RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE FALLEN SNOW... WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. LATER IN THE DAY TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT...MANY OF THE COUNTIES WILL SEE PLAIN RAIN... WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING WELL ABOVE FREEZING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRIMARILY BEFORE THE CHANGE IN PRECIPITATION TYPE. ICE ACCUMULATION DURING PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD TOTAL ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-014-016>020- 029>032-039-040-046-047-272030- /O.CON.KRLX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON- JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-PUTNAM-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE- DODDRIDGE-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS- RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA... BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN... POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...KENOVA...CEREDO... WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD... RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT... PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE...TEAYS VALLEY... HURRICANE...SPENCER...ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE... PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...GLENVILLE...WESTON...CLARKSBURG... BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON... MARLINTON...ELKINS 717 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING RUSH. AFTER DAYBREAK...WARMER AIR WILL STREAM IN FROM THE SOUTH...AND RESULT IN THE SNOW CHANGING TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. ICE ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE FALLEN SNOW...WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. LATER IN THE DAY TUESDAY AND INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...MANY OF THE COUNTIES WILL SEE PLAIN RAIN. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH WEDNESDAY... LIGHT SNOW RETURNS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA. ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION DURING PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE HIGHER SNOW TOTALS WILL BE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OHIO INTO NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AND ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE MOST ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST KENTUCKY... SOUTHEAST OHIO...WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY...WEST VIRGINIA. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE THE WARNING CRITERIA SNOW MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT OR SETTLING OF THE SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE ONSET OF RAIN IN THE WARMER AIR. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ VAZ003-004-WVZ033-034-271500- /O.CON.KRLX.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090127T1500Z/ DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT...WELCH... GARY...WAR...MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE 717 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TO BRING SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE AREA BEFORE THE MORNING RUSH THAT WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN DURING THE RUSH. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING RUSH. LATER THIS MORNING...WARMER AIR WILL STREAM IN FROM THE SOUTH... CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION TO JUST PLAIN RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE WELL ABOVE FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS41 KRLX 271222 CCA WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 717 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 WVZ013-015-027-028-036>038-272030- /O.UPG.KRLX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090127T2200Z/ /O.EXB.KRLX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090127T2200Z/ LINCOLN-KANAWHA-CLAY-BRAXTON-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS...CLAY...SUTTON... GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...OAK HILL...FAYETTEVILLE...SUMMERSVILLE... RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...WEBSTER SPRINGS 717 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING. LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON...WARMER AIR WILL STREAM IN FROM THE SOUTH... AND RESULT IN THE SNOW AND SLEET...BECOMING RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE FALLEN SNOW... WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. LATER IN THE DAY TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT...MANY OF THE COUNTIES WILL SEE PLAIN RAIN... WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING WELL ABOVE FREEZING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA...PRIMARILY BEFORE THE CHANGE IN PRECIPITATION TYPE. ICE ACCUMULATION DURING PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD AMOUNT TO ONE OR TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE THE WARNING CRITERIA SNOW MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT TONIGHT...WITH THE ONSET OF RAIN IN THE WARMER AIR. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WVZ024>026-035-272030- /O.UPG.KRLX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090127T2200Z/ /O.EXB.KRLX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090127T2200Z/ MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-RALEIGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE... MAN...MADISON...BECKLEY 717 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STORM SYSTEM THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING. AFTER DAYBREAK TODAY...WARMER AIR WILL STREAM IN FROM THE SOUTH... AND RESULT IN PRECIPITATION BECOMING RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE FALLEN SNOW... WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. LATER IN THE DAY TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT...MANY OF THE COUNTIES WILL SEE PLAIN RAIN... WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING WELL ABOVE FREEZING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRIMARILY BEFORE THE CHANGE IN PRECIPITATION TYPE. ICE ACCUMULATION DURING PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD TOTAL ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-014-016>020- 029>032-039-040-046-047-272030- /O.CON.KRLX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON- JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-PUTNAM-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE- DODDRIDGE-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS- RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA... BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN... POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...KENOVA...CEREDO... WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD... RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT... PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE...TEAYS VALLEY... HURRICANE...SPENCER...ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE... PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...GLENVILLE...WESTON...CLARKSBURG... BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON... MARLINTON...ELKINS 717 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING RUSH. AFTER DAYBREAK...WARMER AIR WILL STREAM IN FROM THE SOUTH...AND RESULT IN THE SNOW CHANGING TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. ICE ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE FALLEN SNOW...WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. LATER IN THE DAY TUESDAY AND INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...MANY OF THE COUNTIES WILL SEE PLAIN RAIN. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH WEDNESDAY... LIGHT SNOW RETURNS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA. ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION DURING PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE HIGHER SNOW TOTALS WILL BE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OHIO INTO NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AND ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE MOST ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST KENTUCKY... SOUTHEAST OHIO...WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY...WEST VIRGINIA. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE THE WARNING CRITERIA SNOW MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT OR SETTLING OF THE SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE ONSET OF RAIN IN THE WARMER AIR. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ VAZ003-004-WVZ033-034-271500- /O.CON.KRLX.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090127T1500Z/ DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT...WELCH... GARY...WAR...MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE 717 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TO BRING SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE AREA BEFORE THE MORNING RUSH THAT WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN DURING THE RUSH. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING RUSH. LATER THIS MORNING...WARMER AIR WILL STREAM IN FROM THE SOUTH... CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION TO JUST PLAIN RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE WELL ABOVE FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS41 KRLX 271524 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1024 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 VAZ003-004-WVZ033-034-271630- /O.EXP.KRLX.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090127T1500Z/ DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT...WELCH... GARY...WAR...MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE 1024 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AT 10 AM EST...TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE FORMER ADVISORY AREA WERE JUST ABOVE FREEZING. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...LOCALIZED AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND BLACK ICE WILL STILL POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG THE DEEPER HOLLOWS. DRIVERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISES CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. $$ KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-014-016>020- 029>032-039-040-046-047-272330- /O.CON.KRLX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON- JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-PUTNAM-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE- DODDRIDGE-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS- RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA... BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN... POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...KENOVA...CEREDO... WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD... RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT... PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE...TEAYS VALLEY... HURRICANE...SPENCER...ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE... PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...GLENVILLE...WESTON...CLARKSBURG... BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON... MARLINTON...ELKINS 1024 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... BRINGING WARMER AIR FROM THE SOUTH...AND RESULTING IN THE SNOW CHANGING TO...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. ICE ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE FALLEN SNOW...WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MANY OF THE COUNTIES WILL SEE PLAIN RAIN. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH WEDNESDAY... LIGHT SNOW RETURNS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA. ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION DURING PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE HIGHER SNOW TOTALS WILL BE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OHIO INTO NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AND ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE MOST ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST KENTUCKY... SOUTHEAST OHIO...WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY...WEST VIRGINIA. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE THE WARNING CRITERIA SNOW MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT OR SETTLING OF THE SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE ONSET OF RAIN IN THE WARMER AIR. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WVZ013-015-027-028-036>038-272200- /O.CON.KRLX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090127T2200Z/ LINCOLN-KANAWHA-CLAY-BRAXTON-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS...CLAY...SUTTON... GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...OAK HILL...FAYETTEVILLE...SUMMERSVILLE... RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...WEBSTER SPRINGS 1024 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING WARMER AIR FROM THE SOUTH...AND RESULTING IN THE SLEET...BECOMING RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE FALLEN SNOW... WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. LATER IN THE DAY TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT...MANY OF THE COUNTIES WILL SEE PLAIN RAIN... WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING WELL ABOVE FREEZING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA...PRIMARILY BEFORE THE CHANGE IN PRECIPITATION TYPE. ICE ACCUMULATION DURING PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD AMOUNT TO ONE OR TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE THE WARNING CRITERIA SNOW MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT TONIGHT...WITH THE ONSET OF RAIN IN THE WARMER AIR. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WVZ024>026-035-272200- /O.CON.KRLX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090127T2200Z/ MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-RALEIGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE... MAN...MADISON...BECKLEY 1024 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE AREA...BRINGING WARMER AIR FROM THE SOUTH...AND RESULTING IN SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE FALLEN SNOW... WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MANY OF THE COUNTIES WILL SEE PLAIN RAIN... WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING WELL ABOVE FREEZING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRIMARILY BEFORE THE CHANGE IN PRECIPITATION TYPE. ICE ACCUMULATION DURING PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD TOTAL ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
000 WWUS41 KRLX 272020 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 320 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 WVZ013-015-024>028-035>038-280400- /O.CAN.KRLX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090127T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KRLX.ZR.Y.0004.090127T2100Z-090128T0400Z/ LINCOLN-KANAWHA-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-RALEIGH-FAYETTE- NICHOLAS-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS...WILLIAMSON... LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...MADISON...CLAY...SUTTON...GASSAWAY... BURNSVILLE...BECKLEY...OAK HILL...FAYETTEVILLE...SUMMERSVILLE... RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...WEBSTER SPRINGS 320 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO JUST ABOVE FREEZING THIS EVENING WHILE PRECIPITATION INTENSITY DIMINISHES. ICE ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE FALLEN SNOW...WILL STILL POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. LATER TONIGHT...MANY OF THE COUNTIES WILL SEE PLAIN RAIN... WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING WELL ABOVE FREEZING. ICE ACCUMULATION DURING PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD AMOUNT TO ONE OR TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-014-016>020- 029>032-039-040-046-047-280430- /O.CON.KRLX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON- JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-PUTNAM-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE- DODDRIDGE-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS- RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA... BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN... POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...KENOVA...CEREDO... WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD... RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT... PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE...TEAYS VALLEY... HURRICANE...SPENCER...ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE... PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...GLENVILLE...WESTON...CLARKSBURG... BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON... MARLINTON...ELKINS 320 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE...WILL TRACK NORTH NORTHEAST ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING RELATIVELY WARMER SOUTHERLY FLOW...RESULTING IN SNOW CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. ICE ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE FALLEN SNOW...WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. LATER THIS EVENING...MANY OF THE COUNTIES WILL SEE PLAIN RAIN. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH WEDNESDAY... LIGHT SNOW RETURNS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA. ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION DURING PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE HIGHER SNOW TOTALS WILL BE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OHIO INTO NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AND ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE MOST ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST KENTUCKY... SOUTHEAST OHIO...WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY...WEST VIRGINIA. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE THE WARNING CRITERIA SNOW MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT OR SETTLING OF THE SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE ONSET OF RAIN IN THE WARMER AIR. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$
000 WWUS41 KRLX 280209 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 909 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 WVZ024>026-035-036-280315- /O.CAN.KRLX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090128T0400Z/ MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-RALEIGH-FAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE... MAN...MADISON...BECKLEY...OAK HILL...FAYETTEVILLE 909 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING OVERNIGHT. THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN HAS DIMINISHED. $$ KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-014-016>020- 029>032-039-040-046-047-281015- /O.CON.KRLX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON- JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-PUTNAM-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE- DODDRIDGE-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS- RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA... BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN... POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...KENOVA...CEREDO... WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD... RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT... PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE...TEAYS VALLEY... HURRICANE...SPENCER...ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE... PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...GLENVILLE...WESTON...CLARKSBURG... BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON... MARLINTON...ELKINS 909 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON WEDNESDAY. A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA WEDNESDAY MORNING. WARMER AIR HAS MOVED IN ALOFT...WHILE SURFACE TEMPERATURES WERE STILL AT...OR BELOW...FREEZING. ICE ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE FALLEN SNOW...WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. YET...SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL TRY TO CREEP ABOVE FREEZING ALONG THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY COUNTIES AND NORTH CENTRAL TOWARD DAWN WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...SURFACE TEMPERATURES COULD REMAIN COLDER IN INTERIOR SOUTHEAST OHIO. MANY AREAS COULD SEE A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN. IN INTERIOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCRETION IS POSSIBLE. THE BUILD UP OF ICE COULD CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO SAG...OR BREAK...ONTO POWER LINES. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE...BE PREPARED FOR THAT SCENARIO. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WVZ013-015-027-028-037-038-280400- /O.CON.KRLX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090128T0400Z/ LINCOLN-KANAWHA-CLAY-BRAXTON-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS...CLAY...SUTTON... GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE... WEBSTER SPRINGS 909 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE RISING SLOWLY THIS TUESDAY EVENING. SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN REMAIN...ESPECIALLY IN SHELTRED VALLEYS. ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE...WITH MORE RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATION DURING PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD AMOUNT TO ONE OR TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ON UNTREATED ROADS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES FROM THE ICE BUILD UP ON POWER LINES...OR SAGGING TREE LIMBS...ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. $$ KTB
000 WWUS41 KRLX 280348 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1048 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-014-016>020- 029>032-039-040-046-047-281200- /O.CON.KRLX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON- JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-PUTNAM-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE- DODDRIDGE-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS- RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA... BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN... POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...KENOVA...CEREDO... WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD... RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT... PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE...TEAYS VALLEY... HURRICANE...SPENCER...ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE... PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...GLENVILLE...WESTON...CLARKSBURG... BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON... MARLINTON...ELKINS 1048 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA WEDNESDAY MORNING. WARMER AIR HAS MOVED IN ALOFT...WHILE SURFACE TEMPERATURES WERE STILL AT...OR BELOW...FREEZING. ICE ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE FALLEN SNOW...WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. YET...SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL TRY TO CREEP ABOVE FREEZING ALONG THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY COUNTIES AND NORTH CENTRAL TOWARD DAWN WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...SURFACE TEMPERATURES COULD REMAIN COLDER IN INTERIOR SOUTHEAST OHIO. MANY AREAS COULD SEE A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN. IN INTERIOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCRETION IS POSSIBLE. THE BUILD UP OF ICE COULD CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO SAG...OR BREAK... ONTO POWER LINES. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE...BE PREPARED FOR THAT SCENARIO. PINE TREES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE OF FALLING FROM THE WEIGHT OF SNOW AND ICE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WVZ013-015-027-028-037-038-280700- /O.EXT.KRLX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090128T0700Z/ LINCOLN-KANAWHA-CLAY-BRAXTON-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS...CLAY...SUTTON... GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE... WEBSTER SPRINGS 1048 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO RISE SLOWLY. SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN REMAIN...ESPECIALLY IN SHELTERED VALLEYS. SO POCKETS OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE...WITH MORE RAIN. SO FREEZING RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED TO LAST INTO THE PREDAWN HOURS. ICE ACCUMULATION DURING PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD AMOUNT TO ONE OR TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ON UNTREATED ROADS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES FROM THE ICE BUILD UP ON POWER LINES...OR SAGGING TREE LIMBS...ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. DESPITE THIS FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY EXPIRING OVERNIGHT...THE FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT INTO WEDNESDAY. $$ KTB
000 WWUS41 KRLX 280700 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 200 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 WVZ013-015-027-028-037-038-280800- /O.EXP.KRLX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090128T0700Z/ LINCOLN-KANAWHA-CLAY-BRAXTON-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS...CLAY...SUTTON... GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE... WEBSTER SPRINGS 200 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING. MOST TEMPERATURES ARE AT...OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN IS NOT LIKELY. HOWEVER...SNOW AND ICE LADEN TREES...ESPECIALLY EVERGREEN TREES... MAY STILL FALL. THE RAIN CONTINUES TO SOAK THE SNOW...ADDING ADDITIONAL WEIGHT TO THE TREES. THE RAIN ALSO SOFTENS THE GROUND THAT SUPPORTS TREE ROOTS. A FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT. $$ KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-014-016>020- 029>032-039-040-046-047-281500- /O.CON.KRLX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON- JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-PUTNAM-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE- DODDRIDGE-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS- RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA... BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN... POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...KENOVA...CEREDO... WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD... RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT... PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE...TEAYS VALLEY... HURRICANE...SPENCER...ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE... PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...GLENVILLE...WESTON...CLARKSBURG... BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON... MARLINTON...ELKINS 200 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. A STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING. WARMER AIR HAS MOVED IN ALOFT...WHILE SURFACE TEMPERATURES WERE STILL AT...OR BELOW...FREEZING. ICE ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE FALLEN SNOW...WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. YET...SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL TRY TO CREEP ABOVE FREEZING ALONG THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY COUNTIES AND NORTH CENTRAL TOWARD DAWN WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...SURFACE TEMPERATURES COULD REMAIN COLDER IN INTERIOR SOUTHEAST OHIO. MANY AREAS COULD SEE A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN. IN INTERIOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCRETION IS POSSIBLE. THE BUILD UP OF ICE COULD CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO SAG...OR BREAK... ONTO POWER LINES. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE...BE PREPARED FOR THAT SCENARIO. EVERGREEN TREES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE OF FALLING FROM THE WEIGHT OF SNOW AND ICE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ KTB
000 WWUS41 KRLX 280916 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 416 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 KYZ105-WVZ005>008-014-016>020-029>032-039-040-047-281030- /O.CAN.KRLX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-PUTNAM-ROANE-WIRT- CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR- BARBOUR-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISA...KENOVA...CEREDO...WAYNE... HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY... TEAYS VALLEY...HURRICANE...SPENCER...ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE... HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...GLENVILLE...WESTON... CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI... BELINGTON...ELKINS 416 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK EARLY THIS MORNING...ALTHOUGH BARELY SO IN SOME CASES...PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING SHOULD TAKE THE FORM OF JUST RAIN. HOWEVER...SNOW AND ICE LADEN TREES...ESPECIALLY EVERGREEN TREES... MAY STILL FALL. THE RAIN CONTINUES TO SOAK THE SNOW...ADDING ADDITIONAL WEIGHT TO THE TREES. THE RAIN ALSO SOFTENS THE GROUND THAT SUPPORTS TREE ROOTS. RESIDUAL SLIPPERY SPOTS MAY ALSO BE FOUND IN COLDER HOLLOWS AND DEFINITELY ON ANY UNTREATED ROADS. $$ KYZ101>103-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ009>011-046-281700- /O.CON.KRLX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH- VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-POCAHONTAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE...SOMERSET... MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA...BELPRE... JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN...POMEROY... GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA... ST. MARYS...BELMONT...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE... MARLINTON 416 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. A STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER THIS MORNING. WARMER AIR HAS MOVED IN ALOFT...WHILE SURFACE TEMPERATURES WERE STILL AT...OR BELOW...FREEZING. ICE ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE FALLEN SNOW...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL TRY TO CREEP ABOVE FREEZING ALONG THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY COUNTIES THIS MORNING WHILE POSSIBLY REMAINING BELOW FREEZING IN INTERIOR SOUTHEAST OHIO. MANY AREAS COULD SEE ANOTHER QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN. IN INTERIOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...UP TO A HALF INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICE ACCRETION IS POSSIBLE. THE BUILD UP OF ICE COULD CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO SAG...OR BREAK... ONTO POWER LINES. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE...BE PREPARED FOR THAT SCENARIO. EVERGREEN TREES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO FALLING FROM THE WEIGHT OF SNOW AND ICE. RAIN FREEZING ON PACKED SNOW COULD EASILY TURN ROADS INTO SKATING RINKS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ TRM
000 WWUS41 KRLX 281613 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1113 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 KYZ101>103-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ009>011-046-282100- /O.EXT.KRLX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T2100Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH- VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-POCAHONTAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE...SOMERSET... MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA...BELPRE... JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN...POMEROY... GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA... ST. MARYS...BELMONT...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE... MARLINTON 1113 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER THROUGH TONIGHT. WARMER AIR HAS MOVED IN ALOFT...WHILE SURFACE TEMPERATURES WERE STILL AT...OR BELOW...FREEZING. ICE ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE FALLEN SNOW...WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA...AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO CREEP ABOVE FREEZING. MEANWHILE...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...CHANGING RAIN AND SLEET TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON. SOME AREAS COULD SEE ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN. IN INTERIOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...A QUARTER OF INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICE ACCRETION IS POSSIBLE. THE BUILD UP OF ICE COULD CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO SAG...OR BREAK... ONTO POWER LINES. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE...BE PREPARED FOR THAT SCENARIO. EVERGREEN TREES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO FALLING FROM THE WEIGHT OF SNOW AND ICE. RAIN FREEZING ON PACKED SNOW COULD EASILY TURN ROADS INTO SKATING RINKS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ KYZ105-WVZ005>008-013>020-029-282100- /O.NEW.KRLX.WW.Y.0008.090128T1613Z-090128T2100Z/ LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA- ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-GILMER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISA...KENOVA...CEREDO...WAYNE... HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY... HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN...TEAYS VALLEY...HURRICANE... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS...SPENCER... ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...WEST UNION... GLENVILLE 1113 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WARMER AIR HAS MOVED IN ALOFT...WHILE SURFACE TEMPERATURES WERE STILL AT...OR BELOW...FREEZING AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW...AS TEMPERATURES DROP TO BELOW FREEZING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS41 KRLX 282057 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 357 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 KYZ101>103-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ009>011-046-282200- /O.EXP.KRLX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T2100Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH- VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-POCAHONTAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE...SOMERSET... MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA...BELPRE... JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN...POMEROY... GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA... ST. MARYS...BELMONT...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE... MARLINTON 357 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVIER SNOW HAS RAPIDLY DECREASED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. ANY LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOSTLY END BY EVENING. THUS...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ KYZ105-WVZ005>008-013>020-029-282200- /O.EXP.KRLX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-090128T2100Z/ LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA- ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-GILMER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISA...KENOVA...CEREDO...WAYNE... HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY... HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN...TEAYS VALLEY...HURRICANE... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS...SPENCER... ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...WEST UNION... GLENVILLE 357 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVIER MIXED PRECIPITATION HAS RAPIDLY DECREASED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. ANY LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOSTLY END BY EVENING. THUS...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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 Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 26, 3:43 PM EST, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 3:43 PM EST, 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
343 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
A SIGNIFICANT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH MIXED WINTRY WEATHER. COLD TEMPERATURES
RETURN DURING THE LATE WEEK...WITH A FEW MORE SNOW SHOWERS.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT/...
WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS FROM THE NORTHWEST INTO THE
AREA...IN CONTROL THRU TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE
LOWER 30S THRU THIS EVENING.
&&
.SHORT TERM /MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
LOW PRESSURE WITH LOTS OF MOISTURE MOVING IN AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE
DETAILS ARE FAIRLY STRAIGHT FORWARD...WITH SNOW BEFORE THE ELEVATED
WARM PUSH ALOFT BEGINS CHANGING PRECIPITATION TYPES. FORECAST
DIFFICULTIES CONSISTED OF DETERMINING THE TIMING OF THE WARM
WEDGE...AND THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.
SNOWFALL IS ALL GOING TO DEPEND ON THE START TIME OF THE EVENT. IF
IT DOES NOT COME EARLY...IT MAY BE HARD TO GET THE FORECAST
ACCUMULATIONS...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES IN WEST
VIRGINIA.
INITIAL PUSH OF MOISTURE HITTING THE OHIO AND KENTUCKY COUNTIES SETS
THE STAGE FOR THE BEST SNOWFALL POTENTIAL IN THIS AREA. APPEARS THAT
MOISTURE SHOULD TRAIN REASONABLY WELL ALONG THIS AVENUE...AND WITH
COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE AND A SURFACE READY TO SUPPORT SNOW...IT
WILL NOT TAKE LONG FOR THE SNOW TO ACCUMULATE. WARM LAYER ALOFT WILL
HAVE DIFFICULTIES REACHING THE FAR NORTHERN AND WESTERN COUNTIES OF
THE CWA...WHICH ALSO PROLONGS THE SNOW A BIT HERE...AS OPPOSED TO
AREAS FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST WHICH SHOULD TRANSITION TO THE
SLEET/ICE AND PLAIN RAIN EARLIER IN THE DAY TUESDAY. THIS IS THE
MAIN REASONING BEHIND THE UPGRADE TO A WARNING ACROSS THE NORTHERN
ZONES.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
FOLLOWED NAM THINKING FOR THE BACK SIDE OF THE STORM...THINKING GFS
IS A LITTLE TOO QUICK IN EJECTING MIDLEVEL WAVE. COLD FRONT SHOULD
BE IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF THE OHIO RIVER AT 12Z WEDNESDAY. COLD
PUSH BEHIND BOUNDARY IS NOT OVERLY GREAT...WITH LOW LEVEL FLOW NOT
REALLY TURNING NORTHWEST UNTIL 21Z OR SO. THEREFORE...EXPECTING A
SLOW TRANSITION BACK OVER TO SNOW THROUGH THE DAY...WITH ANOTHER
SHORT ROUND OF SLEET/ICING POSSIBLE. THINK ANOTHER 1-2 INCHES OF
SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NW 1/2 OF CWA IN COMMA HEAD PRECIP...WITH
ANOTHER LIGHT COATING OF ICE ALONG I-79/I-64. AREAS TO THE
SOUTHEAST MAY PICK UP LESS THAN AN INCH AFTER THE CHANGEOVER DURING
THE AFTERNOON.
FLOW NOT IDEAL FOR LINGERING SHSN BEHIND THE SYSTEM...SO ALLOW POPS
TO WANE TOWARDS SLIGHT CHANCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH MINOR IF ANY
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. STILL PLENTY OF CLOUDS WITH LINGERING
MOISTURE.
THURSDAY WILL FEATURE A RELATIVE LULL IN PRECIP AS A SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGE TRIES TO NOSE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. NEXT ROUND OF
PRECIP COMES FROM A FLAT WAVE CROSSING THE GREAT LAKES...DRAGGING
ANOTHER COLD FRONT ACROSS. KEPT CHANCY POPS THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY
FOR THIS SYSTEM.
REST OF FORECAST LEANED HEAVILY ON HPC GUIDANCE IN THE INTEREST OF
TIME. BASICALLY HAVE A DRY PERIOD SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY WITH HIGH
PRESSURE RETURNING...AND A WARMING TREND BY SUNDAY WITH SW FLOW ON
BACK SIDE OF DEPARTING HIGH. NEXT WEAK FRONT APPROACHES THE OHIO
RIVER BY MONDAY...WITH A RAIN/SNOW SHOWER MIX. TEMPERATURE VALUES
ALSO CLOSELY FOLLOW HPC.
&&
.AVIATION /21Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TONIGHT...EXCEPT FOR OCCASIONAL
MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS WHERE SNOW SHOWERS
COULD LINGER THRU THIS EVENING UNDER WEAK UPSLOPE. ALTOCU DECK
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SNOW WILL ARRIVE FROM THE SW AND QUICKLY SPREAD NE...BRINGING
CONDITIONS QUICKLY DOWN TO MVFR AND THEN IFR TO LIFR OVERNIGHT AND
TUESDAY MORNING. THE DEVELOPMENT OF IFR OR WORSE CONDITIONS WILL
START FROM AROUND 10-13Z AT HTS AND PKB...SPREADING EAST INTO
EKN...CKB...AND BKW 13-16Z. LIGHT NW TO NE FLOW PREVAILS THROUGH
THE PERIOD...FOR A CONTINUING MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS AT EKN..CKB AND
BKW IN SNOW/RAIN/SLEET MIX AROUND 17 TUE.
AVIATION OUTLOOK /BEYOND 18Z TUESDAY/...
IFR TO LIFR CONDITIONS IN PCPN MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN
AND THEN RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TUE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ..AND
THEN ENDING AS LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY.
IFR POSSIBLE FRIDAY IN COLDER AIR AND UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS.
&&
.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR WVZ005>011-014-016>020-029>032-039-040-046-
047.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM EST
TUESDAY FOR WVZ013-015-024>028-035>038.
OH...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087.
KY...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR KYZ101>103-105.
VA...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...26/CL
NEAR TERM...ARJ
SHORT TERM...26
LONG TERM...CL
AVIATION...ARJHazardous weather outlook, Jan 26, 4:10 AM EST, 12 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 410 AM EST MON JAN 26 2009 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ075-083>087-WVZ005>009-013>019-024>030-036>040-046- 047-270915- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-ATHENS-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS- GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-LINCOLN-PUTNAM- KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON- GILMER-LEWIS-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS- RANDOLPH- 410 AM EST MON JAN 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...MUCH OF SOUTHEAST OHIO AND A LARGE PORTION OF 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. WINTER STORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. 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. OHZ066-067-076-WVZ010-011-020-031-032-270915- PERRY-MORGAN-WASHINGTON-PLEASANTS-TYLER-DODDRIDGE-HARRISON-TAYLOR- 410 AM EST MON JAN 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A LARGE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE APPROACH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. IT MAY PRODUCE A FEW INCHES OF SNOW BY DAWN TUESDAY...WHICH MAY IN TURN WARRANT ADVISORIES AS THAT TIME APPROACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A LARGE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW CONTINUING FROM LATE TONIGHT MAY ACCUMULATE A FEW TO SEVERAL INCHES...AND FREEZING RAIN COULD ALSO MIX IN FOR A TIME LATER TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. EITHER MAY WARRANT ADVISORIES AS THAT TIME APPROACHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ003-004-WVZ033>035-270915- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH- 410 AM EST MON JAN 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND THE MORE MOUNTAINOUS COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A LARGE STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. IT MAY PRODUCE A BRIEF WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS MAY WARRANT ADVISORIES...AS THAT TIME APPROACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A LARGE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IT MAY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A BRIEF WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW TUESDAY MORNING...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO MAINLY PLAIN RAIN THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE TIMES OF WINTRY MIX MAY WARRANT ADVISORIES FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE AREAS AS THESE TIMES APPROACH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TRM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 4:15 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 1 more | 15 hr |
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Winter Storm Warnings in West Virginia, 2009Winter Storm Warnings in Ohio, 2009Winter Storm Warnings in Kentucky, 2009Every 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.