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Winter Weather Advisory 21, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 5, 2010, 4:53 AM EST for 8 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Dec 5, 2010, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 55 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 5, 2010, 4:53 AM EST (09:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 5, 2010, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2010, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 55 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bland County, VA, City of Covington, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 weather advisory 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 weather advisory went out at Dec 4, 6:13 PM EST, 10 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 6:13 PM EST, 10 hours 40 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 10:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Craig, Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke and 2 more | 77 min |
| Dec 4, 10:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 73 min |
| Dec 5, 4:53 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | 62 hr |
Nearby
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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.