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Heavy Snow Warning 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this heavy snow warning at Feb 6, 2007, 7:31 PM EST for 12 counties in Virginia; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It was in force for 8 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
- Feb 6, 2007, 7:31 PM EST (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2007, 3:47 AM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Giles County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 heavy snow 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 heavy snow warning went out at Feb 6, 6:28 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 6:28 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 1:06 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax | 11 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:47 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 18 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Heavy Snow Warnings in Virginia, 2007Heavy Snow Warnings in West Virginia, 2007Every heavy snow 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.