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Winter Weather Advisory 21, NWS Blacksburg, VA

December 12, 200929 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina; Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 12, 2009, 4:41 AM EST for 29 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina; Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Dec 12, 2009, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 12, 2009, 4:41 AM EST (09:41 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 12, 2009, 10:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 13, 2009, 12:00 PM EST
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

All 36 counties

Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory 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 weather advisory went out at Dec 12, 4:07 AM EST, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 4:07 AM EST, 34 minutes before

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Winter Weather Advisories in Virginia, 2009 Winter Weather Advisories in North Carolina, 2009 Winter Weather Advisories in West Virginia, 2009 Every winter weather advisory 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.