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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 408, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2008, 1:59 PM EDT for Halifax County, Virginia. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2008, 1:59 PM EDT (17:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2008, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Halifax County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 31, 1:38 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 1:38 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 632 AM EDT THU JUL 31 2008 NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032-043-044-058-059-011045- SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-HENRY- PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 632 AM EDT THU JUL 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. SCATTERED STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HEAT INDICES MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ022>024-033>035-045>047-011045- ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- 632 AM EDT THU JUL 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HEAT INDICES MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-WVZ042>045-011045- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER- SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 632 AM EDT THU JUL 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT DROPPING INTO THE REGION TODAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 11:46 AM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1146 AM EDT THU JUL 31 2008 VAZ015-016-311630- GRAYSON VA-CARROLL VA- 1146 AM EDT THU JUL 31 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF GALAX MOVING EAST... AT 1141 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF FRIES...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...WOODLAWN...GALAX HILLSVILLE AIRPORT AT 1155 AM EDT...LAMBSBURG AT NOON EDT...HILLSVILLE AT 1205 PM EDT...FANCY GAP AT 1210 PM EDT...GLADESBORO AND CANA AT 1215 PM EDT AND DUGSPUR AT 1220 PM EDT... EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR 30 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. JDS
Local storm report, Jul 31, 12:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 12:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Patrick | 57 min |
| Jul 31, 1:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 46 min |
| Jul 31, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 59 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2008Every severe thunderstorm 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.