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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 9, 2008Appomattox County, Buckingham County, Charlotte County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this heat advisory at Jun 9, 2008, 3:00 AM EDT for Appomattox County, Buckingham County, Charlotte County, Virginia. It took effect at Jun 9, 2008, 11:37 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 9, 2008, 3:00 AM EDT (07:00 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 9, 2008, 11:37 AM EDT
Expired: Jun 9, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Appomattox County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Charlotte County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:59 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 Jun 9, 2:55 AM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 2:55 AM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 8:07 PM EDT, 6 hours 53 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
Jun 9, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, Wythe, City of Galax	55 min
Jun 9, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax	60 min
Jun 9, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Pulaski, Wythe	75 min
Jun 9, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Watauga	38 min
Jun 9, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Watauga	30 min
Jun 9, 5:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Watauga	4 hr

Nearby

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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.