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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Charleston, WV

March 23, 2018Fayette County, Raleigh County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this winter storm watch at Mar 23, 2018, 4:03 AM EDT for Fayette County, Raleigh County, West Virginia. It took effect at Mar 24, 2018, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 23, 2018, 4:03 AM EDT (08:03 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 24, 2018, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 23, 2018, 5:14 PM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Fayette County, WV, Raleigh County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 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 Mar 23, 3:38 AM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 3:38 AM EDT, 25 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 23, 3:06 PM EDT	Winter Storm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wayne and 1 more	34 hr
Mar 23, 3:06 PM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mingo and 4 more	31 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in West Virginia, 2018 Every winter storm watch in 2018

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.