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Frost Advisory 3, NWS Charleston, WV

April 25, 201325 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this frost advisory at Apr 25, 2013, 2:12 PM EDT for 25 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 26, 2013, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 2013, 2:12 PM EDT (18:12 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 26, 2013, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 26, 2013, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
All 38 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, 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, Tyler County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this frost advisory 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 frost advisory went out at Apr 25, 1:25 PM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 1:25 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 10:46 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryRLXPleasants, Tyler, Wood10 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in West Virginia, 2013Frost Advisories in Ohio, 2013Frost Advisories in Kentucky, 2013Every frost advisory in 2013

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.