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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 7, 1999Botetourt County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1999, 5:14 PM EDT for Botetourt County, Virginia. It was in force for 46 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: Jul 7, 1999, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 1999, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Whole counties

County Botetourt County, VA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 7, 5:35 PM EDT	Hail 0.88	Troutville, 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 Jul 7, 2:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 2:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 12:03 PM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 12:03 PM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 7, 4:55 PM EDT, 19 minutes 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
Jul 7, 1:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	51 min
Jul 7, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	51 min
Jul 7, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin	50 min
Jul 7, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst	66 min
Jul 7, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford	62 min
Jul 7, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell, City of Lynchburg	50 min
Jul 7, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax	64 min
Jul 7, 12:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Ashe	34 min
Jul 7, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham	45 min
Jul 7, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry	44 min
Jul 7, 3:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell	51 min
Jul 7, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Yadkin	51 min
Jul 7, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham	34 min
Jul 7, 4:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Rockingham	3 hr

Nearby

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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.