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High Wind Watch 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA
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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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 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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Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 4:27 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell | 38 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:27 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Giles, Grayson, Smyth and 3 more | 4 days |
| Feb 24, 3:44 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 26 more | 60 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:44 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Charlotte, Halifax, Tazewell | 47 hr |
Nearby
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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.