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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Blacksburg, VA

May 12, 20105 counties in Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2010, 3:52 PM EDT for 5 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2010, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2010, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 12, 2:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 11, 7:59 PM EDT, 19 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 7:59 PM EDT, 19 hours 53 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
May 12, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	54 min
May 12, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	43 min
May 12, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Patrick	36 min
May 12, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Covington and 1 more	41 min
May 12, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford, City of Roanoke	30 min
May 12, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Botetourt, Buckingham, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista and 2 more	43 min
May 12, 4:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	81 min
May 12, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, City of Lynchburg	55 min
May 12, 10:04 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RNK	Mercer, Monroe, Summers	10 hr
May 12, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	79 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.