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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV

March 28, 20267 counties in West Virginia; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this freeze warning at Mar 28, 2026, 1:08 PM EDT for 7 counties in West Virginia; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 29, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 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
Mar 28, 2026, 1:08 PM EDT (17:08 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 29, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 29, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Boone County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:10 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 Mar 27, 3:44 PM EDT, 21 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 3:44 PM EDT, 21 hours 24 minutes before
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Nearby

Freeze Warnings in West Virginia, 2026Freeze Warnings in Kentucky, 2026Every freeze warning in 2026

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.