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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA

April 14, 200811 counties in Virginia; Caswell County, Rockingham County, Stokes County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this frost advisory at Apr 14, 2008, 3:04 PM EDT for 11 counties in Virginia; Caswell County, Rockingham County, Stokes County, North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 14, 2008, 9:50 PM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 14, 2008, 3:04 PM EDT (19:04 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 14, 2008, 9:50 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 15, 2008, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Caswell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Charlotte County, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Franklin County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Roanoke County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 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 frost 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 frost advisory went out at Apr 14, 2:54 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 2:54 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 5:13 AM EDT, 9 hours 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 9:41 AM EDT, 5 hours 23 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
Apr 14, 3:04 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham and 17 more	13 hr
Apr 14, 3:04 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham and 6 more	18 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Virginia, 2008 Frost Advisories in North Carolina, 2008 Every frost advisory 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.