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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV

April 19, 202226 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this freeze warning at Apr 19, 2022, 4:45 AM EDT for 26 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 20, 2022, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 19, 2022, 4:45 AM EDT (08:45 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 20, 2022, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 20, 2022, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

All 39 counties

Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 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 freeze warning 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 freeze warning went out at Apr 18, 3:13 PM EDT, 13 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 3:13 PM EDT, 13 hours 32 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
Apr 19, 12:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer, Kanawha and 3 more	63 min

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in West Virginia, 2022 Freeze Warnings in Ohio, 2022 Freeze Warnings in Kentucky, 2022 Every freeze warning in 2022

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.