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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 23, 1999Stokes County, Surry County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1999, 8:18 PM EDT for Stokes County, Surry County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 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 23, 1999, 8:18 PM EDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1999, 8:50 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 23, 8:20 PM EDTHail 0.75Francisco, NC

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 23, 2:45 PM EDT, 5 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 2:45 PM EDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 12:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKTazewell2 hr
Jul 24, 1:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCarroll, Wythe50 min
Jul 24, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPatrick50 min
Jul 24, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKGiles48 min
Jul 24, 3:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKBuckingham60 min
Jul 24, 3:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKGiles90 min
Jul 24, 5:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKGiles58 min
Jul 24, 7:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKBuckingham119 min
Jul 24, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKSurry48 min
Jul 24, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKWilkes34 min
Jul 24, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRockingham47 min
Jul 24, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKSummers51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.