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Excessive Heat Warning 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 21, 2011Appomattox County, Buckingham County, Charlotte County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this excessive heat warning at Jul 21, 2011, 3:28 PM EDT for Appomattox County, Buckingham County, Charlotte County, Virginia. It took effect at Jul 22, 2011, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 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: Jul 21, 2011, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 22, 2011, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 22, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Appomattox County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Charlotte County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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 excessive heat 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 excessive heat warning went out at Jul 21, 1:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 1:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 11:12 AM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 3:27 PM EDT, 1 minute 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
Jul 21, 12:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, City of Lynchburg	38 min
Jul 21, 1:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Lynchburg	41 min
Jul 21, 3:28 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell, Franklin and 14 more	29 hr
Jul 21, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Watauga	63 min
Jul 21, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Person	65 min

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Virginia, 2011 Every excessive heat warning in 2011

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.