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Winter Storm Warning 10, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 24, 2010, 4:27 AM EST for Grayson County, Smyth County, Tazewell County, Virginia; Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Mercer County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 24, 2010, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 23 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
- Feb 24, 2010, 4:27 AM EST (09:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2010, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2010, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Grayson County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 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 Feb 24, 4:14 AM EST, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 4:14 AM EST, 13 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:50 AM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Grayson | 12 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
Winter Storm Warnings in Virginia, 2010Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2010Winter 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.