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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA

August 9, 200710 counties in Virginia; Caswell County, Rockingham County, Stokes County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this heat advisory at Aug 9, 2007, 3:05 AM EDT for 10 counties in Virginia; Caswell County, Rockingham County, Stokes County, North Carolina. It took effect at Aug 9, 2007, 10:30 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 9, 2007, 3:05 AM EDT (07:05 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 9, 2007, 10:30 AM EDT
Expired: Aug 9, 2007, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Caswell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Appomattox County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:07 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 heat 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 heat advisory went out at Aug 9, 2:52 AM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 2:52 AM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 7:33 PM EDT, 7 hours 32 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
Aug 9, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista	32 min

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Virginia, 2007 Heat Advisories in North Carolina, 2007 Every heat 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.