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Freeze Warning 5, NWS Blacksburg, VA

April 9, 200723 counties in Virginia; 6 counties in North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this freeze warning at Apr 9, 2007, 3:51 AM EDT for 23 counties in Virginia; 6 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 10, 2007, 12:00 AM EDT. 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: Apr 9, 2007, 3:51 AM EDT (07:51 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 10, 2007, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 10, 2007, 10:00 AM EDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

All 29 counties

Caswell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Franklin County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Apr 8, 7:36 PM EDT, 8 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 7:36 PM EDT, 8 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 12:24 PM EDT, 15 hours 27 minutes before

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Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Virginia, 2007 Freeze Warnings in North Carolina, 2007 Every freeze warning in 2007

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.