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High Wind Watch 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA

February 24, 2010Grayson County, Virginia; Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this high wind watch at Feb 24, 2010, 3:50 AM EST for Grayson County, Virginia; Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 25, 2010, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2010, 3:50 AM EST (08:50 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 25, 2010, 12:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 24, 2010, 3:44 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Grayson County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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 high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Feb 23, 11:30 PM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 11:30 PM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 4:27 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningRNKGrayson, Smyth, Tazewell38 hr
Feb 24, 4:27 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRNKAlleghany, Bath, Bland, Giles, Grayson, Smyth and 3 more4 days
Feb 24, 3:44 PM ESTHigh Wind WarningRNKAlleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 26 more60 hr
Feb 24, 3:44 PM ESTWind AdvisoryRNKAppomattox, Buckingham, Charlotte, Halifax, Tazewell47 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in North Carolina, 2010High Wind Watches in Virginia, 2010Every high wind watch in 2010

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.