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Winter Storm Warning 15, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 11, 2010, 4:09 PM EST for 4 counties in Virginia; Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Mercer County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Dec 12, 2010, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 48 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
- Dec 11, 2010, 4:09 PM EST (21:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 12, 2010, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2010, 12:16 PM EST
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Bland County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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 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 Dec 11, 4:08 PM EST, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 11, 4:08 PM EST, 1 minute before
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Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 4:19 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Carroll and 18 more | 60 hr |
| Dec 11, 4:09 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, City of Covington | 20 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.