Alert archive / West Virginia / Frost Advisories in 2012
Frost Advisory 9, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this frost advisory at Oct 8, 2012, 3:07 PM EDT for 6 counties in Ohio; 7 counties in West Virginia; Carter County, Greenup County, Kentucky. It took effect at Oct 9, 2012, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 8, 2012, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 9, 2012, 3:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Braxton County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 1182 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
047 WWUS71 KRLX 081907 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 307 PM EDT MON OCT 8 2012 OHZ066-067-076-WVZ011-020-031-032-037>040-046-047-090315- /O.NEW.KRLX.FZ.W.0010.121009T0700Z-121009T1300Z/ PERRY-MORGAN-WASHINGTON-TYLER-DODDRIDGE-HARRISON-TAYLOR-NICHOLAS- WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...MALTA...STOCKPORT...MARIETTA... BELPRE...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE...WEST UNION... CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD... CRAIGSVILLE...COWEN...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON... MARLINTON...ELKINS 307 PM EDT MON OCT 8 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S...MAINLY IN THE COLDER VALLEYS. * TIMING...EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS...OR ANY TENDER VEGETATION...COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ KYZ101-102-OHZ075-083>087-WVZ009-010-017-019-028>030-090315- /O.NEW.KRLX.FR.Y.0009.121009T0700Z-121009T1300Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-ATHENS-JACKSON-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE-WOOD- PLEASANTS-WIRT-RITCHIE-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...RUSSELL...RACELAND... GRAYSON...OLIVE HILL...ATHENS...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL... MCARTHUR...HAMDEN...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT... PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT...ELIZABETH... HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE... GLENVILLE...WESTON 307 PM EDT MON OCT 8 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS...OR ANY TENDER VEGETATION...COULD BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
3 follow-up statements
730 WWUS71 KRLX 090309 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1109 PM EDT MON OCT 8 2012 OHZ066-067-076-WVZ011-020-031-032-037>040-046-047-091115- /O.CON.KRLX.FZ.W.0010.121009T0700Z-121009T1300Z/ PERRY-MORGAN-WASHINGTON-TYLER-DODDRIDGE-HARRISON-TAYLOR-NICHOLAS- WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...MALTA...STOCKPORT...MARIETTA... BELPRE...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE...WEST UNION... CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD... CRAIGSVILLE...COWEN...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON... MARLINTON...ELKINS 1109 PM EDT MON OCT 8 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS...OR ANY TENDER VEGETATION...COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ KYZ101-102-OHZ075-083>087-WVZ009-010-017-019-028>030-091115- /O.CON.KRLX.FR.Y.0009.121009T0700Z-121009T1300Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-ATHENS-JACKSON-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE-WOOD- PLEASANTS-WIRT-RITCHIE-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...RUSSELL...RACELAND... GRAYSON...OLIVE HILL...ATHENS...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL... MCARTHUR...HAMDEN...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT... PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT...ELIZABETH... HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE... GLENVILLE...WESTON 1109 PM EDT MON OCT 8 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS...OR ANY TENDER VEGETATION...COULD BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
739 WWUS71 KRLX 090314 CCA NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1113 PM EDT MON OCT 8 2012 OHZ066-067-076-WVZ011-020-031-032-037>040-046-047-091130- /O.COR.KRLX.FZ.W.0010.121009T0700Z-121009T1300Z/ PERRY-MORGAN-WASHINGTON-TYLER-DODDRIDGE-HARRISON-TAYLOR-NICHOLAS- WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...MALTA...STOCKPORT...MARIETTA... BELPRE...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE...WEST UNION... CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD... CRAIGSVILLE...COWEN...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON... MARLINTON...ELKINS 1113 PM EDT MON OCT 8 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW 30S...MAINLY IN THE COLDER VALLEYS. * TIMING...EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS...OR ANY TENDER VEGETATION...COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ KYZ101-102-OHZ075-083>087-WVZ009-010-017-019-028>030-091130- /O.CON.KRLX.FR.Y.0009.121009T0700Z-121009T1300Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-ATHENS-JACKSON-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE-WOOD- PLEASANTS-WIRT-RITCHIE-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...RUSSELL...RACELAND... GRAYSON...OLIVE HILL...ATHENS...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL... MCARTHUR...HAMDEN...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT... PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT...ELIZABETH... HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE... GLENVILLE...WESTON 1113 PM EDT MON OCT 8 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS...OR ANY TENDER VEGETATION...COULD BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
524 WWUS71 KRLX 090611 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 211 AM EDT TUE OCT 9 2012 WVZ020-031-032-037>040-046-047-090715- /O.CAN.KRLX.FZ.W.0010.121009T0700Z-121009T1300Z/ DODDRIDGE-HARRISON-TAYLOR-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST UNION...CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT... GRAFTON...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...COWEN... BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON...MARLINTON...ELKINS 211 AM EDT TUE OCT 9 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. A CLOUD DECK HAS COMBINED WITH LOTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO PREVENT FREEZING CONDITIONS FROM OCCURRING THIS MORNING. THEREFORE THE FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WVZ017-019-028>030-090715- /O.CAN.KRLX.FR.Y.0009.121009T0700Z-121009T1300Z/ WIRT-RITCHIE-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETH...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO... SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...FLATWOODS...GLENVILLE...WESTON 211 AM EDT TUE OCT 9 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. RAIN ON MONDAY CAUSED AN ABUNDANCE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE THIS MORNING. THIS WILL PREVENT FROST FROM FORMING THIS MORNING. THEREFORE THE FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ OHZ075-083-084-091300- /O.UPG.KRLX.FR.Y.0009.121009T0700Z-121009T1300Z/ /O.EXA.KRLX.FZ.W.0010.121009T0700Z-121009T1300Z/ ATHENS-JACKSON-VINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...JACKSON...WELLSTON... OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN 211 AM EDT TUE OCT 9 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS UPGRADED THE FROST ADVISORY TO A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW 30S. * TIMING...EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS...OR ANY TENDER VEGETATION...COULD BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ OHZ066-067-076-WVZ011-091300- /O.CON.KRLX.FZ.W.0010.121009T0700Z-121009T1300Z/ PERRY-MORGAN-WASHINGTON-TYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...MALTA...STOCKPORT...MARIETTA... BELPRE...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE 211 AM EDT TUE OCT 9 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW 30S...MAINLY IN THE COLDER VALLEYS. * TIMING...EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS...OR ANY TENDER VEGETATION...COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ KYZ101-102-OHZ085>087-WVZ009-010-091300- /O.CON.KRLX.FR.Y.0009.121009T0700Z-121009T1300Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE-WOOD-PLEASANTS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...RUSSELL...RACELAND... GRAYSON...OLIVE HILL...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT... PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT 211 AM EDT TUE OCT 9 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS...OR ANY TENDER VEGETATION...COULD BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 3:07 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Athens, Jackson, Morgan, Perry, Vinton, Washington | 18 hr |
Nearby
Frost Advisories in West Virginia, 2012Frost Advisories in Ohio, 2012Frost Advisories in Kentucky, 2012Every frost advisory in 2012
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.