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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA

December 14, 200531 counties in Virginia; 7 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter storm watch at Dec 14, 2005, 4:16 AM EST for 31 counties in Virginia; 7 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Dec 14, 2005, 10:41 AM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 14, 2005, 4:16 AM EST (09:16 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 14, 2005, 10:41 AM EST
Expired: Dec 14, 2005, 3:44 PM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

All 41 counties

Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bath 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 Martinsville, 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, Grayson County, VA, Henry County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:17 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 winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Dec 14, 3:15 AM EST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 3:15 AM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 14, 3:48 AM EST, 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 14, 4:16 AM EST, 0 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 14, 3:44 PM EST	Ice Storm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more	29 hr
Dec 14, 3:44 PM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax, Smyth, Tazewell	17 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Virginia, 2005 Winter Storm Watches in North Carolina, 2005 Winter Storm Watches in West Virginia, 2005 Every winter storm watch 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.