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Ice Storm Warning 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA

January 31, 200821 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Monroe County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this ice storm warning at Jan 31, 2008, 5:03 AM EST for 21 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Monroe County, West Virginia. It took effect at Jan 31, 2008, 10:53 AM EST. It was in force for 25 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: Jan 31, 2008, 5:03 AM EST (10:03 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 31, 2008, 10:53 AM EST
Expired: Feb 1, 2008, 12:00 PM EST
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

All 25 counties

Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Monroe County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:08 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 ice storm 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 ice storm warning went out at Jan 31, 3:18 AM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 3:18 AM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 3:25 PM EST, 13 hours 38 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
Jan 31, 5:03 AM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	RNK	Appomattox, Bland, Buckingham, Campbell, Grayson, Henry and 7 more	31 hr

Nearby

Ice Storm Warnings in Virginia, 2008 Ice Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2008 Ice Storm Warnings in West Virginia, 2008 Every ice storm 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.