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Heavy Snow Warning 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA

December 5, 200527 counties in Virginia; Monroe County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this heavy snow warning at Dec 5, 2005, 10:53 AM EST for 27 counties in Virginia; Monroe County, West Virginia. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 5, 2005, 10:53 AM EST (15:53 UTC)
Expired: Dec 5, 2005, 9:03 PM EST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

All 28 counties

Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Monroe County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heavy snow 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 heavy snow warning went out at Dec 5, 3:20 AM EST, 7 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 5, 3:20 AM EST, 7 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 5, 5:34 AM EST, 5 hours 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
Dec 5, 4:06 AM EST	Snow Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more	20 hr

Nearby

Heavy Snow Warnings in Virginia, 2005 Heavy Snow Warnings in West Virginia, 2005 Every heavy snow warning in 2005

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.