Alert archive / Virginia / Freeze Warnings in 2008
Freeze Warning 5, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this freeze warning at Oct 19, 2008, 3:40 AM EDT for 37 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Oct 20, 2008, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 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 19, 2008, 3:40 AM EDT (07:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 20, 2008, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2008, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
All 43 counties
Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:45 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 3:40 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 29 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Virginia, 2008Freeze Warnings in North Carolina, 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.