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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

August 5, 2009Bland County, Tazewell County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2009, 6:15 AM EDT for Bland County, Tazewell County, Virginia. It was in force for 45 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: Aug 5, 2009, 6:15 AM EDT (10:15 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2009, 7:00 AM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Bland County, VA, Tazewell County, VA

The radar

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Aug 5, 3:04 AM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 3:04 AM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 3:33 AM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
333 AM EDT WED AUG 5 2009

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ012>017-022-032>034-043>045-058-059-060745-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-
YADKIN-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-ROANOKE-
PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-HALIFAX-
CHARLOTTE-
333 AM EDT WED AUG 5 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.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INTO TONIGHT.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT DRIFTING TOWARD THE REGION LATER TODAY. SOME OF THE STORMS
MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS
WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

VAZ007-009>011-018>020-023-024-035-046-047-WVZ042>045-060745-
TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-BOTETOURT-
ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-
GREENBRIER-
333 AM EDT WED AUG 5 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
DRIFTING TOWARD THE AREA LATER TODAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE
STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 5:37 AM EDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 5, 6:15 AM 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
Aug 5, 5:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland	38 min
Aug 5, 1:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Grayson	56 min
Aug 5, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Grayson, Smyth	44 min
Aug 5, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Carroll, Pulaski, Wythe	53 min
Aug 5, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll	36 min
Aug 5, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Floyd, Franklin	56 min
Aug 5, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Floyd	60 min
Aug 5, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland	32 min
Aug 5, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, Roanoke	36 min
Aug 5, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin	61 min
Aug 5, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Giles	53 min
Aug 5, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford	58 min
Aug 5, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Floyd, Franklin	55 min
Aug 5, 5:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Bland, Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford	4 hr
Aug 5, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Roanoke, City of Salem	54 min
Aug 5, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke	53 min
Aug 5, 5:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Bland, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe	6 hr
Aug 5, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Patrick	55 min
Aug 5, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania	53 min
Aug 5, 5:46 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe	6 hr
Aug 5, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin	55 min
Aug 5, 6:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Craig, Roanoke	3 hr
Aug 5, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	53 min
Aug 5, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville	61 min
Aug 5, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	59 min
Aug 5, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania	61 min
Aug 5, 6:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Bedford, Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania	6 hr
Aug 5, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	75 min
Aug 5, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Lynchburg	27 min
Aug 5, 7:55 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania	6 hr
Aug 5, 3:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Ashe, Watauga	6 hr
Aug 5, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Wilkes	56 min
Aug 5, 4:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Wilkes	5 hr
Aug 5, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Wilkes	67 min
Aug 5, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	67 min
Aug 5, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	38 min

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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.