Winter Weather Criteria Changes for West Virginia Mountains effect October 15, 2019

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
1246 PM EDT Wed Sep 18 2019

...Winter Weather Criteria Changes for WV Mountains...

Effective Tuesday, October 15, 2019, the National Weather Service
in Charleston, West Virginia will make the following changes to
the Winter Weather headline issuance criteria for three West
Virginia forecast zones:


TABLE 1: Changes in NWS Charleston, WV Winter Weather Criteria
in West Virginia

Zone           Advisory       Watch/Warning     Watch/Warning
           12 Hour Criteria  12 Hour Criteria  24 Hour Criteria
---------  ----------------  ----------------  ----------------
Southeast  Previous 3 inches Previous 5 inches Previous 7 inches
Fayette      New 4 inches      New 6 inches      New 8 inches

Southeast  Previous 3 inches Previous 5 inches Previous 7 inches
Nicholas     New 4 inches      New 6 inches      New 8 inches

Southeast  Previous 4 inches Previous 6 inches Previous 8 inches
Pocahontas   New 3 inches      New 5 inches      New 7 inches

The changes are being made after a careful study of the
climatological frequency of advisory and warning criteria snowfall
and after close coordination with affected county emergency
management directors and NWS Blacksburg, VA.


TABLE 2: WFO RLX Products affected by these changes:

Product Name               WMO Header      AWIPS ID
------------               ----------      --------
Winter Weather Message     WWUS41 KRLX     WSWRLX
Non-Precipitation Message  WWUS71 KRLX     NPWRLX

If you have any questions...please contact:

Jamie Bielinski               Tony Edwards
Meteorologist-in-Charge       Warning Coordination Meteorologist
National Weather Service      National Weather Service
400 Parkway Road              400 Parkway Road
Charleston, WV  25309         Charleston, WV  25309
304-746-0173                  304-746-0173
Jamie.Bielinski@noaa.gov      Tony.Edwards@noaa.gov