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High Wind Watch 6, NWS Blacksburg, VA

November 30, 200612 counties in Virginia; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this high wind watch at Nov 30, 2006, 3:54 AM EST for 12 counties in Virginia; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Dec 1, 2006, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 30, 2006, 3:54 AM EST (08:54 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 1, 2006, 4:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 30, 2006, 3:56 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Lexington, VA, Craig County, VA, Giles County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Nov 30, 3:12 AM EST, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 3:12 AM EST, 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 29, 4:10 AM EST, 23 hours 44 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 30, 3:56 PM ESTHigh Wind WarningRNKAlleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 17 more29 hr
Nov 30, 3:56 PM ESTWind AdvisoryRNKAmherst, Bedford, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson and 9 more32 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Virginia, 2006High Wind Watches in West Virginia, 2006Every high wind watch in 2006

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.