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Freezing Rain Advisory 4, NWS Charleston, WV

March 17, 201726 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this freezing rain advisory at Mar 17, 2017, 9:03 AM EDT for 26 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 17, 2017, 9:03 AM EDT (13:03 UTC)
Expired: Mar 17, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
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 13:08 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 freezing rain 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 freezing rain advisory went out at Mar 17, 6:05 AM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 6:05 AM EDT, 2 hours 58 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
Mar 17, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur	50 min
Mar 17, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	30 min
Mar 17, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gallia, Lawrence	33 min

Nearby

Freezing Rain Advisories in West Virginia, 2017 Freezing Rain Advisories in Ohio, 2017 Freezing Rain Advisories in Kentucky, 2017 Every freezing rain advisory in 2017

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.