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Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS Blacksburg, VA

February 4, 201037 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 4, 2010, 4:23 AM EST for 37 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 4, 2010, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 43 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 4, 2010, 4:23 AM EST (09:23 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 4, 2010, 9:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 6, 2010, 3:35 PM EST
In force: 43 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

All 49 counties

Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin 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), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 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 Feb 3, 11:43 PM EST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 11:43 PM EST, 4 hours 40 minutes before

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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.