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Frost Advisory 14, NWS Charleston, WV

October 16, 202420 counties in West Virginia; 4 counties in Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this frost advisory at Oct 16, 2024, 12:51 PM EDT for 20 counties in West Virginia; 4 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Oct 17, 2024, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 16, 2024, 12:51 PM EDT (16:51 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 17, 2024, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 17, 2024, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

All 24 counties

Gallia County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Washington County, OH, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha 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, Tyler County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:49 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 Oct 15, 7:40 PM EDT, 17 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 15, 7:40 PM EDT, 17 hours 11 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
Oct 16, 12:51 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	RLX	McDowell, Wyoming	20 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in West Virginia, 2024 Frost Advisories in Ohio, 2024 Every frost advisory in 2024

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.