Alert archive / Virginia / Freeze Warnings in 2008
Freeze Warning 4, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this freeze warning at Oct 18, 2008, 3:59 AM EDT for 7 counties in Virginia; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Oct 18, 2008, 3:42 PM EDT. It was in force for 17 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
- Oct 18, 2008, 3:59 AM EDT (07:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 18, 2008, 3:42 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2008, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bland County, VA, City of Covington, VA, Craig County, VA, Giles County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:59 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 3:59 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 16 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 18, 3:59 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 24 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Virginia, 2008Freeze Warnings in West Virginia, 2008Every freeze warning in 2008
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.