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Freeze Warning 6, NWS Charleston, WV

May 2, 20235 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this freeze warning at May 2, 2023, 2:50 AM EDT for 5 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at May 3, 2023, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 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
May 2, 2023, 2:50 AM EDT (06:50 UTC)
In effect from
May 3, 2023, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 3, 2023, 10:00 AM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV

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

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 May 2, 2:34 AM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 2:34 AM EDT, 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 3:35 AM EDT, 23 hours 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Charleston WV
335 AM EDT Mon May 1 2023

WVZ523-526-020745-
Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Randolph-
335 AM EDT Mon May 1 2023

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
EDT TUESDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast West
Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Winter Storm Warning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Winter Storm Warning.

Accumulating upslope snow is expected to be ongoing in the highest
elevations Tuesday through Wednesday. Winds will also be gusty
through Wednesday. Total snow accumulations in the highest elevations
may be over a foot. The combination of heavy accumulating snow and
gusty winds may lead to travel disruptions across the highest
elevations.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>034-039-040-515>522-524-525-020745-
Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-
Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Dickenson-Buchanan-Wayne-
Cabell-Mason-Jackson WV-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Lincoln-Putnam-Kanawha-
Roane-Wirt-Calhoun-Ritchie-Doddridge-Mingo-Logan-Boone-Clay-Braxton-
Gilmer-Lewis-Harrison-Taylor-McDowell-Wyoming-Upshur-Barbour-
Northwest Raleigh-Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette-
Southeast Fayette-Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas-
Northwest Webster-Southeast Webster-Southeast Pocahontas-
Northwest Randolph-
335 AM EDT Mon May 1 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast
Ohio, southwest Virginia and much of West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Breezy conditions are expected today into tonight, with gusts to
30 to 35 mph possible at times.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 2:48 AM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryRLXPocahontas, Randolph12 hr
May 2, 2:50 PM EDTWinter Storm WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph19 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in West Virginia, 2023Every freeze warning in 2023

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.