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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 23, 2009Halifax County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2009, 3:25 PM EDT for Halifax County, Virginia. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 23, 2009, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2009, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Halifax County, VA

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 23, 1:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 1:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 4:40 AM EDT, 10 hours 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
155 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2009

VAZ033-043-044-231900-
FRANKLIN VA-HENRY VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-
155 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2009

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT FRANKLIN...HENRY AND
PITTSYLVANIA COUNTIES...

AT 154 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CALLANDS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR SANDY RIVER AROUND 200 PM...SAGO AROUND 205
PM...CALLANDS AROUND 215 PM...CLIMAX AROUND 245 PM...DRY FORK AROUND
255 PM AND CHATHAM AROUND 300 PM.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT US ON THE WEB AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.

LAT...LON 3695 7927 3668 7924 3669 7978 3687 7980

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KK

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:09 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
309 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2009

NCZ019-020-232015-
WILKES NC-YADKIN NC-
309 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2009

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT YADKIN COUNTY...

AT 306 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF
ELKIN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR BROOKS CROSSROADS AROUND 315 PM...BOONVILLE
AROUND 320 PM...LONE HICKORY AROUND 325 PM...NEBO...NEBO...AND
YADKINVILLE AROUND 330 PM...SHACKTOWN...AND COURTNEY AROUND 335 PM
AND EAST BEND AROUND 345 PM.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR LATER
UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LAT...LON 3605 8091 3629 8089 3629 8087 3623 8087
      3626 8074 3625 8066 3628 8062 3628 8054
      3625 8053 3626 8047 3623 8044 3612 8044
      3609 8050 3604 8050

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JH

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:25 PM EDT, 0 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
Jul 22, 8:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	62 min
Jul 22, 10:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	46 min
Jul 22, 10:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Patrick	54 min
Jul 22, 10:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke	35 min
Jul 22, 11:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath, Botetourt	59 min
Jul 23, 12:10 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	5 hr
Jul 23, 3:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	57 min
Jul 23, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	65 min
Jul 23, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	36 min
Jul 23, 7:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell	54 min
Jul 22, 9:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Yadkin	43 min
Jul 23, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	66 min
Jul 23, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Yadkin	55 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2009 Every special weather statement in 2009

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.