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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Charleston, WV

January 11, 20196 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this winter storm watch at Jan 11, 2019, 4:09 AM EST for 6 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Jan 12, 2019, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 11, 2019, 4:09 AM EST (09:09 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 12, 2019, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 11, 2019, 3:09 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

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

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 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 11, 3:54 AM EST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 3:54 AM EST, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 10, 2:09 PM EST, 14 hours 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 11, 4:09 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	RLX	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 27 more	56 hr
Jan 11, 3:09 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Randolph, Webster	52 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in West Virginia, 2019 Every winter storm watch in 2019

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.