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Winter Storm Warning 16, NWS Blacksburg, VA

December 15, 201037 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 15, 2010, 3:31 PM EST for 37 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Dec 15, 2010, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for 19 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 15, 2010, 3:31 PM EST (20:31 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 15, 2010, 11:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 16, 2010, 5:56 PM EST
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

All 44 counties

Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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 Dec 15, 12:55 PM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 12:55 PM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 5:14 AM EST, 10 hours 17 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
Dec 15, 5:10 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more	10 hr
Dec 15, 3:31 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more	37 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Virginia, 2010 Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2010 Winter Storm Warnings in West Virginia, 2010 Every 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.