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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Blacksburg, VA

May 11, 1996Alleghany County, City of Covington, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1996, 2:25 PM EDT for Alleghany County, City of Covington, Virginia. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 1996, 2:25 PM EDT (18:25 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 1996, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Alleghany County, VA, City of Covington, VA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 11, 2:40 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Covington, VA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 10, 2:25 PM EDT, 24 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 2:25 PM EDT, 24 hours before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Grayson, City of Galax	44 min
May 11, 3:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll	60 min
May 11, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Floyd	69 min
May 11, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Franklin, Roanoke	59 min
May 11, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax, Pittsylvania	52 min
May 11, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte	60 min
May 11, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany	44 min
May 11, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell	27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 1996 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.