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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Charleston, WV

January 25, 200926 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this winter storm watch at Jan 25, 2009, 4:55 AM EST for 26 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 27, 2009, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 25, 2009, 4:55 AM EST (09:55 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 27, 2009, 12:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 26, 2009, 4:15 PM EST
In force
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 09:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Jan 25, 4:17 AM EST, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 4:17 AM EST, 38 minutes before

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Winter Storm Watches in West Virginia, 2009 Winter Storm Watches in Ohio, 2009 Winter Storm Watches in Kentucky, 2009 Every winter storm watch in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.