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Frost Advisory 8, NWS Charleston, WV

May 12, 202020 counties in West Virginia; 6 counties in Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this frost advisory at May 12, 2020, 2:03 AM EDT for 20 counties in West Virginia; 6 counties in Ohio. It took effect at May 13, 2020, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2020, 2:03 AM EDT (06:03 UTC)
In effect from: May 13, 2020, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 13, 2020, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

All 26 counties

Athens County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Barbour County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:04 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 frost 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 frost advisory went out at May 11, 7:32 PM EDT, 6 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 7:32 PM EDT, 6 hours 31 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
May 12, 2:03 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	31 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in West Virginia, 2020 Frost Advisories in Ohio, 2020 Every frost advisory in 2020

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.