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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this winter storm watch at Apr 5, 2018, 4:11 AM EDT for 5 counties in West Virginia; Gallia County, Jackson County, Lawrence County, Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 7, 2018, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2018, 4:11 AM EDT (08:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2018, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2018, 4:25 AM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Cabell County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Wayne County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:13 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 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 Apr 5, 2:21 AM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 2:21 AM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2:18 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Washington | 9 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Vinton | 12 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Watches in West Virginia, 2018Winter Storm Watches in Kentucky, 2018Winter Storm Watches in Ohio, 2018Every 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.