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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2009, 5:36 PM EDT for Alleghany County, North Carolina. It was in force for 54 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 28, 2009, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2009, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
County Alleghany County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 28, 2:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 2:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 408 AM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009 NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-290815- SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 408 AM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-WVZ042>045-290815- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER- SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 408 AM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING EXISTS WEDNESDAY AS A DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 28, 3:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 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 27, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Charlotte | 59 min |
| Jul 28, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Galax | 53 min |
| Jul 28, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wythe | 53 min |
| Jul 28, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wythe | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pittsylvania | 62 min |
| Jul 28, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pittsylvania | 55 min |
| Jul 28, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst | 59 min |
| Jul 28, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, Pittsylvania | 55 min |
| Jul 28, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Grayson | 67 min |
| Jul 28, 12:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Caldwell | 62 min |
| Jul 28, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany | 60 min |
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Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2009Every 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.