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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Charleston, WV

February 1, 201416 counties in West Virginia; Gallia County, Lawrence County, Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this winter storm watch at Feb 1, 2014, 4:51 PM EST for 16 counties in West Virginia; Gallia County, Lawrence County, Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 2, 2014, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 1, 2014, 4:51 PM EST (21:51 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 2, 2014, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 2, 2014, 4:46 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

All 22 counties

Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Gallia County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Barbour County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Roane County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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 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 Feb 1, 4:28 PM EST, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 4:28 PM EST, 23 minutes before

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Winter Storm Watches in West Virginia, 2014 Winter Storm Watches in Kentucky, 2014 Winter Storm Watches in Ohio, 2014 Every winter storm watch in 2014

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.