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Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS Charleston, WV

November 13, 20188 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this winter storm watch at Nov 13, 2018, 3:22 PM EST for 8 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Nov 15, 2018, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 13, 2018, 3:22 PM EST (20:22 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 15, 2018, 12:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 14, 2018, 3:01 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Fayette County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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 Nov 13, 2:49 PM EST, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 13, 2:49 PM EST, 33 minutes before
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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.