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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Charleston, WV

April 8, 202618 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this frost advisory at Apr 8, 2026, 1:51 PM EDT for 18 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Apr 9, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2026, 1:51 PM EDT (17:51 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 9, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 9, 2026, 9:03 AM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 1:51 PM EDTFreeze WarningRLXBarbour, Pocahontas, Randolph, Taylor, Upshur, Webster19 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in West Virginia, 2026Every frost advisory 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.