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Freezing Rain Advisory 4, NWS Blacksburg, VA

March 16, 20079 counties in Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this freezing rain advisory at Mar 16, 2007, 2:43 AM EDT for 9 counties in Virginia. It took effect at Mar 16, 2007, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 16, 2007, 2:43 AM EDT (06:43 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 16, 2007, 9:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 16, 2007, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Lexington, VA, Rockbridge County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:43 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 freezing rain 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 freezing rain advisory went out at Mar 15, 7:48 PM EDT, 6 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 7:48 PM EDT, 6 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 4:36 PM EDT, 10 hours 7 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
Mar 16, 2:49 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	RNK	Grayson	24 hr

Nearby

Freezing Rain Advisories in Virginia, 2007 Every freezing rain advisory 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.