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Snow Advisory 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA

February 17, 200627 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this snow advisory at Feb 17, 2006, 3:15 PM EST for 27 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 18, 2006, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 17, 2006, 3:15 PM EST (20:15 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 18, 2006, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 18, 2006, 1:21 PM EST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

All 32 counties

Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Appomattox County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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 snow advisory 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 snow advisory went out at Feb 16, 6:44 PM EST, 20 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 6:44 PM EST, 20 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 3:44 PM EST, 23 hours 31 minutes before

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Nearby

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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.