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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA

January 25, 200919 counties in Virginia; Monroe County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter storm watch at Jan 25, 2009, 2:05 PM EST for 19 counties in Virginia; Monroe County, West Virginia. It took effect at Jan 27, 2009, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 25, 2009, 2:05 PM EST (19:05 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 27, 2009, 12:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 26, 2009, 3:20 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Campbell County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Monroe County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 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 winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 25, 12:37 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 12:37 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Virginia, 2009 Winter Storm Watches in West Virginia, 2009 Every winter storm watch 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.