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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA

January 1, 2010Mercer County, Summers County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 1, 2010, 4:30 AM EST for Mercer County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Jan 1, 2010, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 36 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 1, 2010, 4:30 AM EST (09:30 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 1, 2010, 6:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 3, 2010, 6:00 AM EST
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Mercer County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:33 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 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 1, 4:18 AM EST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 4:18 AM EST, 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 1, 1:06 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryRNKAppomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Henry and 4 more6 hr
Jan 1, 3:25 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryRNKAlleghany, Bath, Bland, Craig, Giles, Grayson and 4 more21 hr
Jan 1, 3:25 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRNKTazewell39 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in West Virginia, 2010Every winter storm warning 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.