Alert archive / West Virginia / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this winter storm warning at Dec 18, 2009, 4:30 AM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Dec 18, 2009, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 36 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, 4:30 AM EST (09:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 18, 2009, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2009, 3:34 AM EST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
All 41 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, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Buchanan County, VA, Dickenson County, VA, 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, McDowell 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, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:30 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 1853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 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 180930 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 430 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 VAZ003-004-WVZ033>038-046-047-181730- /O.UPG.KRLX.WS.A.0005.091219T0300Z-091220T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KRLX.WS.W.0005.091218T2100Z-091220T1100Z/ DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS- WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT...WELCH... GARY...WAR...MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE...BECKLEY...OAK HILL... FAYETTEVILLE...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE... WEBSTER SPRINGS...MARLINTON...ELKINS 430 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL TRACK FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO NORTHEAST TO THE SOUTHEAST COAST BY THIS EVENING....AND THEN UP THE EAST COAST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROWN WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER. PRECIPITATION WILL ADVANCE NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS BY MID AFTERNOON...AND QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE MOUNTAINS BY EARLY TONIGHT. IT WILL START OFF AS RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THIS AFTERNOON...BUT QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY FRIDAY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW AS IT CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY. ALTOGETHER...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY DAWN SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES FOR THE MOUNTAIN COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...DRIVE AT SLOWER SPEEDS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LEAVE WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS...AND CARRY AN EMERGENCY SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS. $$ KYZ105-WVZ005>008-013>020-024>032-039-040-181730- /O.UPG.KRLX.WS.A.0005.091219T0300Z-091220T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KRLX.WS.W.0005.091219T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA- ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY- BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- 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... WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...MADISON...CLAY... SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON... CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI... BELINGTON 430 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL TRACK FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO NORTHEAST TO THE SOUTHEAST COAST BY THIS EVENING....AND THEN UP THE EAST COAST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROWN WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER. PRECIPITATION WILL ADVANCE NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA BY MID AFTERNOON...AND QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION TONIGHT. IT WILL START OFF AS RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THIS AFTERNOON...BUT QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW AS IT CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY. ALTOGETHER...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY DAWN SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE MOUNTAINS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...DRIVE AT SLOWER SPEEDS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LEAVE WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS...AND CARRY AN EMERGENCY SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS. $$ WVZ009>011-181730- /O.UPG.KRLX.WS.A.0005.091219T0300Z-091220T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KRLX.WW.Y.0019.091219T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS... BELMONT...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE 430 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL TRACK FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO NORTHEAST TO THE SOUTHEAST COAST BY THIS EVENING....AND THEN UP THE EAST COAST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROWN WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER. PRECIPITATION WILL ADVANCE NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA BY MID AFTERNOON...AND QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION TONIGHT. IT WILL START OFF AS RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THIS AFTERNOON...BUT QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW AS IT CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY. ALTOGETHER...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY DAWN SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL MAKE ROADS SLICK...REQUIRING LOWER SPEEDS AND GREATER DISTANCES BETWEEN VEHICLES WHILE DRIVING. USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS AND ALLOW MORE TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. $$ KYZ101>103-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-181730- /O.NEW.KRLX.WW.Y.0019.091219T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH- VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE...SOMERSET... MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA...BELPRE... JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN...POMEROY... GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT 430 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL TRACK FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO NORTHEAST TO THE SOUTHEAST COAST BY THIS EVENING....AND THEN UP THE EAST COAST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROWN WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER. PRECIPITATION WILL ADVANCE NORTHWARD BY MID AFTERNOON...AND QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REGION TONIGHT. IT WILL START OFF AS RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THIS AFTERNOON...BUT QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW AS IT CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY. ALTOGETHER...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY DAWN SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL MAKE ROADS SLICK...REQUIRING LOWER SPEEDS AND GREATER DISTANCES BETWEEN VEHICLES WHILE DRIVING. USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS AND ALLOW MORE TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. $$
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KRLX 181729 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1229 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 VAZ003-004-WVZ033>038-046-047-190130- /O.CON.KRLX.WS.W.0005.091218T2100Z-091220T1100Z/ DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS- WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT...WELCH... GARY...WAR...MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE...BECKLEY...OAK HILL... FAYETTEVILLE...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE... WEBSTER SPRINGS...MARLINTON...ELKINS 1229 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL TRACK FROM THE DEEP SOUTH NORTHEAST TO THE CAROLINA COAST BY THIS EVENING....AND THEN UP THE EAST COAST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROWN WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER. PRECIPITATION WILL ADVANCE NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS BY MID AFTERNOON...AND QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE MOUNTAINS BY EARLY TONIGHT. IT WILL START OFF AS RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THIS AFTERNOON...BUT QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY FRIDAY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW AS IT CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY. ALTOGETHER...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY DAWN SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 20 INCHES FOR THE MOUNTAIN COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...DRIVE AT SLOWER SPEEDS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LEAVE WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS...AND CARRY AN EMERGENCY SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING FOOD... WATER...AND BLANKETS. $$ KYZ105-WVZ005>008-013>020-024>032-039-040-190130- /O.CON.KRLX.WS.W.0005.091219T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA- ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY- BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- 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... WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...MADISON...CLAY... SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON... CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI... BELINGTON 1229 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL TRACK FROM THE DEEP SOUTH NORTHEAST TO THE CAROLINA COAST BY THIS EVENING....AND THEN UP THE EAST COAST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROWN WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER. PRECIPITATION WILL ADVANCE NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA BY MID AFTERNOON...AND QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION TONIGHT. IT WILL START OFF AS RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THIS AFTERNOON...BUT QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW AS IT CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY. ALTOGETHER...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY DAWN SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE MOUNTAINS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...DRIVE AT SLOWER SPEEDS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LEAVE WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS...AND CARRY AN EMERGENCY SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS. $$ KYZ101>103-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ009>011-190130- /O.CON.KRLX.WW.Y.0019.091219T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH- VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER- 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 1229 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL TRACK FROM THE DEEP SOUTH NORTHEAST TO THE CAROLINA COAST BY THIS EVENING....AND THEN UP THE EAST COAST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROWN WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER. PRECIPITATION WILL ADVANCE NORTHWARD BY MID AFTERNOON...AND QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REGION TONIGHT. IT WILL START OFF AS RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THIS AFTERNOON...BUT QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW AS IT CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY. ALTOGETHER...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY DAWN SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL MAKE ROADS SLICK...REQUIRING LOWER SPEEDS AND GREATER DISTANCES BETWEEN VEHICLES WHILE DRIVING. USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS AND ALLOW MORE TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. $$
000 WWUS41 KRLX 181933 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 233 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 KYZ101>103-OHZ085>087-WVZ009>011-190345- /O.UPG.KRLX.WW.Y.0019.091219T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ /O.EXA.KRLX.WS.W.0005.091219T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON... SOUTH POINT...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT... PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE 233 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL TRACK FROM THE DEEP SOUTH NORTHEAST TO THE CAROLINA COAST BY THIS EVENING....AND THEN UP THE EAST COAST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROWN WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER. PRECIPITATION WILL ADVANCE NORTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON...AND QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REGION TONIGHT. IT WILL START OFF AS RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THIS AFTERNOON...BUT QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW AS IT CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY. ALTOGETHER...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY DAWN SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...DRIVE AT SLOWER SPEEDS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LEAVE WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS...AND CARRY AN EMERGENCY SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING FOOD... WATER...AND BLANKETS. $$ VAZ003-004-WVZ033>038-046-047-190345- /O.CON.KRLX.WS.W.0005.091218T2100Z-091220T1100Z/ DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS- WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT...WELCH... GARY...WAR...MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE...BECKLEY...OAK HILL... FAYETTEVILLE...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE... WEBSTER SPRINGS...MARLINTON...ELKINS 233 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL TRACK FROM THE DEEP SOUTH NORTHEAST TO THE CAROLINA COAST BY THIS EVENING....AND THEN UP THE EAST COAST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROWN WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER. PRECIPITATION WILL ADVANCE NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS BY MID AFTERNOON...AND QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE MOUNTAINS BY EARLY TONIGHT. IT WILL START OFF AS RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THIS AFTERNOON...BUT QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY FRIDAY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW AS IT CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY. ALTOGETHER...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY DAWN SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 20 INCHES FOR THE MOUNTAIN COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...DRIVE AT SLOWER SPEEDS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LEAVE WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS...AND CARRY AN EMERGENCY SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING FOOD... WATER...AND BLANKETS. $$ KYZ105-WVZ005>008-013>020-024>032-039-040-190345- /O.CON.KRLX.WS.W.0005.091219T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA- ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY- BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- 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... WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...MADISON...CLAY... SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON... CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI... BELINGTON 233 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL TRACK FROM THE DEEP SOUTH NORTHEAST TO THE CAROLINA COAST BY THIS EVENING....AND THEN UP THE EAST COAST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROWN WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER. PRECIPITATION WILL ADVANCE NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA BY MID AFTERNOON...AND QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION TONIGHT. IT WILL START OFF AS RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THIS AFTERNOON...BUT QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW AS IT CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY. ALTOGETHER...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY DAWN SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE MOUNTAINS... BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...DRIVE AT SLOWER SPEEDS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LEAVE WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS...AND CARRY AN EMERGENCY SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS. $$ OHZ066-067-075-076-083-084-190345- /O.CON.KRLX.WW.Y.0019.091219T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA... BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN 233 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL TRACK FROM THE DEEP SOUTH NORTHEAST TO THE CAROLINA COAST BY THIS EVENING....AND THEN UP THE EAST COAST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROWN WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER. PRECIPITATION WILL ADVANCE NORTHWARD BY MID AFTERNOON...AND QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REGION TONIGHT. IT WILL START OFF AS RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THIS AFTERNOON...BUT QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW AS IT CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY. ALTOGETHER...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY DAWN SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL MAKE ROADS SLICK...REQUIRING LOWER SPEEDS AND GREATER DISTANCES BETWEEN VEHICLES WHILE DRIVING. USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS AND ALLOW MORE TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. $$
000 WWUS41 KRLX 182013 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 313 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 OHZ075-076-083-084-190415- /O.UPG.KRLX.WW.Y.0019.091219T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ /O.EXA.KRLX.WS.W.0005.091219T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...MARIETTA...BELPRE...JACKSON... WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN 313 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL TRACK FROM THE DEEP SOUTH NORTHEAST TO THE CAROLINA COAST BY THIS EVENING....AND THEN UP THE EAST COAST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROWN WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER. PRECIPITATION WILL ADVANCE NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS BY MID AFTERNOON...AND QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE MOUNTAINS BY EARLY TONIGHT. IT WILL START OFF AS RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THIS AFTERNOON...BUT QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY FRIDAY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW AS IT CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY. ALTOGETHER...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY DAWN SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...DRIVE AT SLOWER SPEEDS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LEAVE WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS...AND CARRY AN EMERGENCY SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING FOOD... WATER...AND BLANKETS. $$ VAZ003-004-WVZ033>038-046-047-190415- /O.CON.KRLX.WS.W.0005.091218T2100Z-091220T1100Z/ DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS- WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT...WELCH... GARY...WAR...MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE...BECKLEY...OAK HILL... FAYETTEVILLE...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE... WEBSTER SPRINGS...MARLINTON...ELKINS 313 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL TRACK FROM THE DEEP SOUTH NORTHEAST TO THE CAROLINA COAST BY THIS EVENING....AND THEN UP THE EAST COAST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROWN WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER. PRECIPITATION WILL ADVANCE NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS BY MID AFTERNOON...AND QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE MOUNTAINS BY EARLY TONIGHT. IT WILL START OFF AS RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THIS AFTERNOON...BUT QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY FRIDAY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW AS IT CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY. ALTOGETHER...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY DAWN SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 20 INCHES FOR THE MOUNTAIN COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...DRIVE AT SLOWER SPEEDS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LEAVE WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS...AND CARRY AN EMERGENCY SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING FOOD... WATER...AND BLANKETS. $$ KYZ101>103-105-OHZ085>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>032-039-040- 190415- /O.CON.KRLX.WS.W.0005.091219T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-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-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON... SOUTH POINT...KENOVA...CEREDO...WAYNE...HUNTINGTON... POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG... VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE... MIDDLEBOURNE...HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN...TEAYS VALLEY... HURRICANE...CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS... SPENCER...ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO... WEST UNION...WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...MADISON... CLAY...SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON... CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI... BELINGTON 313 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL TRACK FROM THE DEEP SOUTH NORTHEAST TO THE CAROLINA COAST BY THIS EVENING....AND THEN UP THE EAST COAST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROWN WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER. PRECIPITATION WILL ADVANCE NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA BY MID AFTERNOON...AND QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION TONIGHT. IT WILL START OFF AS RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THIS AFTERNOON...BUT QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW AS IT CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY. ALTOGETHER...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY DAWN SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE MOUNTAINS... BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...DRIVE AT SLOWER SPEEDS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LEAVE WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS...AND CARRY AN EMERGENCY SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS. $$ OHZ066-067-190415- /O.CON.KRLX.WW.Y.0019.091219T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ PERRY-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT 313 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL TRACK FROM THE DEEP SOUTH NORTHEAST TO THE CAROLINA COAST BY THIS EVENING....AND THEN UP THE EAST COAST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROWN WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER. PRECIPITATION WILL ADVANCE NORTHWARD BY MID AFTERNOON...AND QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REGION TONIGHT. IT WILL START OFF AS RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THIS AFTERNOON...BUT QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW AS IT CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY. ALTOGETHER...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY DAWN SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL MAKE ROADS SLICK...REQUIRING LOWER SPEEDS AND GREATER DISTANCES BETWEEN VEHICLES WHILE DRIVING. USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS AND ALLOW MORE TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. $$
000 WWUS41 KRLX 190232 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 932 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-013>020- 024>040-046-047-191045- /O.CON.KRLX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH- VINTON-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...ATHENS...MARIETTA...BELPRE... JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN...POMEROY... GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY... VANSANT...KENOVA...CEREDO...WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT... NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA... ST. MARYS...BELMONT...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE... HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN...TEAYS VALLEY...HURRICANE... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS...SPENCER... ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...WEST UNION... WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...MADISON...CLAY... SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON... CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...WELCH...GARY...WAR... MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE...BECKLEY...FAYETTEVILLE... SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...WEBSTER SPRINGS... BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON...MARLINTON...ELKINS 932 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL TRACK FROM THE DEEP SOUTH NORTHEAST TO THE CAROLINA COAST....AND THEN UP THE EAST COAST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROWN WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER. THE HEAVIEST SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WITH SOME LINGERING SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 20 INCHES FOR THE MOUNTAIN COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...5 TO 7 INCHES IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...AND FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES IN WEST VIRGINIA WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS. HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...DRIVE AT SLOWER SPEEDS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LEAVE WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS...AND CARRY AN EMERGENCY SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING FOOD... WATER...AND BLANKETS. $$ OHZ066-067-191045- /O.CON.KRLX.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ PERRY-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT 932 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL TRACK FROM THE DEEP SOUTH NORTHEAST TO THE CAROLINA COAST...AND THEN UP THE EAST COAST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROWN WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER.THE HEAVIEST SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WITH SOME LINGERING SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY DAWN SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL MAKE ROADS SLICK...REQUIRING LOWER SPEEDS AND GREATER DISTANCES BETWEEN VEHICLES WHILE DRIVING. USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS AND ALLOW MORE TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. $$
000 WWUS41 KRLX 190906 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 406 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-013>020- 024>040-046-047-191715- /O.CON.KRLX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH- VINTON-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...ATHENS...MARIETTA...BELPRE... JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN...POMEROY... GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY... VANSANT...KENOVA...CEREDO...WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT... NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA... ST. MARYS...BELMONT...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE... HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN...TEAYS VALLEY...HURRICANE... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS...SPENCER... ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...WEST UNION... WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...MADISON...CLAY... SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON... CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...WELCH...GARY...WAR... MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE...BECKLEY...FAYETTEVILLE... SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...WEBSTER SPRINGS... BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON...MARLINTON...ELKINS 406 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL TRACK UP ALONG THE EAST COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...WHERE THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER SOUTHEAST OHIO...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...4 TO 6 INCHES OVER CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...AND 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT IN MOST AREAS. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...TO AROUND A FOOT OVER CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...TO AROUND 2 FEET IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...DRIVE AT SLOWER SPEEDS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LEAVE WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS...AND CARRY AN EMERGENCY SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING FOOD... WATER...AND BLANKETS. $$ OHZ066-067-191715- /O.CON.KRLX.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ PERRY-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT 406 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL TRACK UP ALONG THE EAST COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING...TAPERING OFF LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES BY DAWN SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL MAKE ROADS SLICK...REQUIRING LOWER SPEEDS AND GREATER DISTANCES BETWEEN VEHICLES WHILE DRIVING. USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS AND ALLOW MORE TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. $$
000 WWUS41 KRLX 191630 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1130 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-013>020- 024>040-046-047-200030- /O.CON.KRLX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH- VINTON-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...ATHENS...MARIETTA...BELPRE... JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN...POMEROY... GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY... VANSANT...KENOVA...CEREDO...WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT... NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA... ST. MARYS...BELMONT...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE... HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN...TEAYS VALLEY...HURRICANE... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS...SPENCER... ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...WEST UNION... WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...MADISON...CLAY... SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON... CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...WELCH...GARY...WAR... MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE...BECKLEY...FAYETTEVILLE... SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...WEBSTER SPRINGS... BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON...MARLINTON...ELKINS 1130 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL TRACK UP ALONG THE EAST COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...WHERE THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER SOUTHEAST OHIO...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...2 TO 4 INCHES OVER CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...AND 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT IN MOST AREAS. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...TO AROUND A FOOT OVER CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... TO AROUND 2 TO 3 FEET IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...DRIVE AT SLOWER SPEEDS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LEAVE WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS...AND CARRY AN EMERGENCY SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING FOOD... WATER...AND BLANKETS. $$ OHZ066-067-200030- /O.CON.KRLX.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ PERRY-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT 1130 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL TRACK UP ALONG THE EAST COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING...TAPERING OFF LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES BY DAWN SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL MAKE ROADS SLICK...REQUIRING LOWER SPEEDS AND GREATER DISTANCES BETWEEN VEHICLES WHILE DRIVING. USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS AND ALLOW MORE TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. $$
000 WWUS41 KRLX 192014 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 314 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 KYZ101>103-OHZ075-076-083>087-WVZ009>011-192115- /O.CAN.KRLX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS- GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...ATHENS...MARIETTA...BELPRE...JACKSON... WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN...POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS... IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS... BELMONT...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE 314 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WINTER STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IS MOVING OUT OF THE AREA. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. $$ OHZ066-067-192115- /O.CAN.KRLX.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ PERRY-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT 314 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IS MOVING OUT OF THE AREA. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. $$ KYZ105-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>008-013>020-024>040-046-047-200415- /O.CON.KRLX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ LAWRENCE KY-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV- LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO- LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL- WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISA...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT... KENOVA...CEREDO...WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT... NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN... TEAYS VALLEY...HURRICANE...CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON... SAINT ALBANS...SPENCER...ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE... PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE... MAN...MADISON...CLAY...SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE... GLENVILLE...WESTON...CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...WELCH... GARY...WAR...MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE...BECKLEY...OAK HILL... FAYETTEVILLE...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE... WEBSTER SPRINGS...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON...MARLINTON... ELKINS 314 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE FROM A STRONG WINTER STORM THAT IS MOVING UP THE EAST COAST. WHILE THE BULK OF THE SNOW EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM HAS ALREADY FALLEN...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF ACROSS THE LOWLANDS FIRST THIS EVENING...AND THEN IN THE MOUNTAINS LATER TONIGHT. SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...DRIVE AT SLOWER SPEEDS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LEAVE WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS...AND CARRY AN EMERGENCY SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING FOOD... WATER...AND BLANKETS. $$ 26
000 WWUS41 KRLX 200115 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 815 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 KYZ105-WVZ005>008-013>020-024>032-039-040-200215- /O.CAN.KRLX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA- ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY- BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- 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... WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...MADISON...CLAY... SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON... CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI... BELINGTON 815 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WINTER STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IS MOVING OUT OF THE AREA. SOME LIGHT SNOW IS STILL POSSIBLE TONIGHT...BUT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. MOTORIST SHOULD STILL EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION HOWEVER...AS FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW ANY SNOW TO STICK AND WATER ON ROADWAYS TO REFREEZE. $$ VAZ003-004-WVZ033>038-046-047-200915- /O.CON.KRLX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS- WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT...WELCH... GARY...WAR...MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE...BECKLEY...OAK HILL... FAYETTEVILLE...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE... WEBSTER SPRINGS...MARLINTON...ELKINS 815 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE FROM A STRONG WINTER STORM THAT IS MOVING UP THE EAST COAST. WHILE THE BULK OF THE SNOW EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM HAS ALREADY FALLEN...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LEAVE WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS...AND CARRY AN EMERGENCY SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING FOOD... WATER...AND BLANKETS. $$
000 WWUS41 KRLX 200834 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 334 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009 VAZ003-004-WVZ033>038-046-047-200945- /O.CAN.KRLX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091220T1100Z/ DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS- WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT...WELCH... GARY...WAR...MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE...BECKLEY...OAK HILL... FAYETTEVILLE...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE... WEBSTER SPRINGS...MARLINTON...ELKINS 334 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE HEAVY SNOW THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BIG WINTER STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING. ADDITIONAL DAYTIME ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND AN INCH. $$
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 Dec 18, 2:00 AM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 2:00 AM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
200 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE THROUGH TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE TRACKS FROM THE GULF TO
THE SOUTHEAST COAST BY FRIDAY EVENING...THEN UP THE EAST COAST
THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS WILL SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE AREA.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/...
STILL SOME RADIATIONAL CONDITIONS AVAILABLE IN THE NORTHEASTERN
COUNTIES...SO WILL LOWER TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT THERE. IN THE FAR
SOUTH WHERE CLOUDS ARE ALREADY THICKENING...WILL RAISE OVERNIGHT
LOWS SOME.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
CERTAINLY AN INTERESTING PERIOD. MODELS ARE COMING INTO INCREASING
AGREEMENT ON AN ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL FOR THE CWA FOR FRIDAY NIGHT
INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. KEY THIS CYCLE IS MORE ORGANIZED NATURE OF THE
SYSTEM AS A WHOLE AS OPPOSED TO COASTAL SYSTEM AND A NEARLY SEPARATE
UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM OVER CWA. THIS TREND IS TYPICAL IN MODEL
OUTPUT. ANOTHER TREND IS TO BRING FORCING / SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION FARTHER N EACH RUN BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE E
COAST...AND THEN LIKEWISE BRINGING THE SYSTEM FARTHER N ALONG THE E
COAST BEFORE EJECTING IT OUT TO SEA.
MODELS USE A SHORTWAVE DROPPING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON FRIDAY TO CARVE OUT A STRONG H500 TROUGH OVER
THE OHIO VALLEY BY 12Z SATURDAY. AS THIS HAPPENS...DEEPENING
SURFACE LOW TRACKS FROM NEAR THE FLORIDA GULF COAST...ACROSS THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THEN NORTHEASTWARD JUST OFF OF THE CAROLINA
COAST. GFS/NAM/ECMWF/SREF ALL AGREE ON THIS PATTERN. WAS ABLE TO
USE MAINLY A GFS40 / NAM12 BLEND. LIKED THE IDEA OF COPIOUS QPF
FROM THE NAM12 WITH LOW TRACKING OUT OF THE GULF AND AFOREMENTIONED
TRENDS...BUT AVERAGED IN THE GFS TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION.
COLUMN MOISTENS UP ON FRIDAY FROM THE TOP DOWN...WITH WARM BUT DRY
NOSE ALOFT AND ABOVE FREEZING BOUNDARY LEVEL QUICKLY NIXED BY
EVAPORATIVE AND DIURNAL COOLING FRIDAY EVENING.
INITIAL BAND OF DEFM...UPPER DIV AND QVEC CONV MOVES UP FRI EVENING
WHICH CAN BRING A QUICK FEW INCHES INITIALLY. AFTER THAT...A
CONTINUATION OF UPPER DIV AHEAD OF S/W THAT NAM12 DEPICTS WITH A
NEGATIVE TILT...ALONG WITH LOW LEVEL CONVERGENT UPSLOPE FLOW IN
ABSENCE OF THE WARM WEDGE...AND FRONTOGENETIC FORCING ESPECIALLY IN
THE MOUNTAINS INTO SAT SPELL A SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENT. LARGE
INTENSE STORM TRACKING JUST W OF HATTERAS IS ONE OF FEW RECIPES FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW IN THIS AREA.
SITUATION TRANSITIONS INTO UPSLOPE MODE FOR SATURDAY NIGHT ANS
SUNDAY BEHIND SYSTEM EXITING TO THE NE...WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS.
ISSUED WATCH EVERYWHERE E OF THE OHIO RIVER...WITH AN EVENTUAL
ADVISORY NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION W OF THE OHIO RIVER.
USED THE NAM12 FOR HOURLY TEMPERATURES AND DEW POINTS THROUGHOUT
WITH AN EYE ON THE GUIDANCE...UPSTREAM CONDITIONS AND INTERVENING
EVOLUTION OF THE WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH FRI...WHICH ALLOWS WARMER
AIR WITH GREATER MOISTURE CONTENT INTO SW PORTION OF AREA BY THE
TIME THE EVENT BEGINS. SATURDAY SHOULD BRING A SUBTLE DROP IN THESE
VALUES AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES TO THE E OF THE AREA.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
5H TROUGH AXIS SWEEPS THROUGH THE MIDWEST...ALONG WITH WELL
DEFINED 85H THERMAL TROUGH. TEMPS AT OR BELOW -10C LINGERING INTO
TUESDAY. 12Z NAM...COUPLED WITH THE 12Z GFS ARE IN DECENT
AGREEMENT IN KEEPING WEAK LIFT OVER THE FORECAST AREA FOR THE
START OF THE EXTEND PD AS THIS ENOUGH RESIDUAL MOISTURE IN PLACE
PLACE TO WARRANT CONTINUATION OF POPS...AND SLIGHTLY INCREASED
VALUES MONDAY.
TREND OF RECENT MODEL UNCERTAINTY CONTINUES FOR THIS EXTENDED
PERIOD. HOWEVER...A QUICK LOOK AT THE LATEST 12Z ECMWF HAS TRENDED
MUCH CLOSER TO THE 12Z RUN OF THE GFS. WILL NEED TO SEE MORE RUN
TO RUN CONSISTENCY WITHIN AND BETWEEN THE EXTENDED MODELS BEFORE
JUMPING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANOTHER EAST COAST LOW FOR DAY 6 AND
7. THEREFORE STAYED FRAILLY CLOSE TO THE HPC GUIDANCE WHICH USED A
ECMWF/GFS BLEND FROM THE PREVIOUS EXTENDED. MODIFIED TEMP
GUIDANCE...USING MAINLY THE MOSBC VALUES.
&&
.AVIATION /06Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
06Z FRIDAY THRU 06Z SATURDAY...
POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE TRACKING UP ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST WILL
COMBINE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW FORMING OVER THE OHIO VALLEY...TO
PRODUCE WIDESPREAD PRECIP AND IFR CONDITIONS THIS PERIOD. VFR
CONDITIONS WILL LOWER TODAY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH...TO MVFR NORTH AND
IFR SOUTH IN RAIN AND SNOW BY 00Z. AFTER 00Z GENERALLY IFR TO LIFR
IN SNOW.
AFTER 06Z SATURDAY...
MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND WITH A STORM SYSTEM MOVING
THROUGH AND ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL.
&&
.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT FOR WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-046-047.
OH...NONE.
KY...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT FOR KYZ105.
VA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT FOR VAZ003-004.
&&
SYNOPSIS...KMC/26/TRM
NEAR TERM...26/RPY
SHORT TERM...TRM
LONG TERM...KMC
AVIATION...JMVHazardous weather outlook, Dec 17, 4:52 PM EST, 11 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 452 PM EST THU DEC 17 2009 KYZ105-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-046-047-182200- LAWRENCE KY-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- 452 PM EST THU DEC 17 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND A SMALL PORTION OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY.... .DAY ONE...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... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. KYZ101>103-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-182200- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON- MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH- 452 PM EST THU DEC 17 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE AREA WILL BE ON THE WESTERN FRINGES OF A MAJOR SNOWSTORM TRACKING UP THE EAST CAST FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. WHILE SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS LIKELY EAST OF THE OHIO RIVER...THERE COULD BE ENOUGH SNOW WEST OF THE OHIO RIVER TO WARRANT AT LEAST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AS THE SYSTEM GETS CLOSER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. TRM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 4:30 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler, Wood | 35 hr |
Nearby
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.