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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 2006, 5:53 PM EDT for Halifax County, Virginia. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2006, 5:53 PM EDT (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2006, 6:52 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Halifax County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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 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 Aug 29, 7:50 PM EDT, 22 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 7:50 PM EDT, 22 hours 3 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 3:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 29 more | 61 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson | 78 min |
| Aug 30, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 55 min |
| Aug 30, 2:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 58 min |
| Aug 30, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 66 min |
| Aug 30, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 44 min |
| Aug 30, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning 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.