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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Charleston, WV

January 20, 201628 counties in West Virginia; 7 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this winter storm watch at Jan 20, 2016, 4:27 AM EST for 28 counties in West Virginia; 7 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 22, 2016, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 20, 2016, 4:27 AM EST (09:27 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 22, 2016, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 21, 2016, 2:33 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, 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, 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), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:30 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 Jan 19, 6:30 PM EST, 9 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 6:30 PM EST, 9 hours 57 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 20, 2:53 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more	3 days

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in West Virginia, 2016 Winter Storm Watches in Ohio, 2016 Winter Storm Watches in Kentucky, 2016 Every winter storm watch in 2016

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.