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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

May 12, 2011Floyd County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at May 12, 2011, 5:40 AM EDT for Floyd County, Virginia. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2011, 5:40 AM EDT (09:40 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2011, 6:15 AM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Floyd County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 12, 3:28 AM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 3:28 AM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 4:14 AM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
414 AM EDT THU MAY 12 2011

NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-WVZ042>045-130815-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-
MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-
BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
414 AM EDT THU MAY 12 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST
WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING COULD
BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. IN ADDITION...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-130815-
SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-
BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-
HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
414 AM EDT THU MAY 12 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 12, 12:41 AM EDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 12, 4:01 AM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 12, 5:40 AM EDT, 0 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
May 12, 1:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Rockbridge	46 min
May 12, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Botetourt, City of Covington	67 min
May 12, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	62 min
May 12, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Giles	53 min
May 12, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	67 min
May 12, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford	60 min
May 12, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	33 min
May 12, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski	62 min
May 12, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, Patrick, Roanoke	50 min
May 12, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Pulaski, Wythe	50 min
May 12, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Pulaski, Wythe	65 min
May 12, 5:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RNK	Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Grayson and 10 more	5 hr
May 12, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, Patrick, City of Galax	59 min
May 12, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, Wythe	58 min
May 12, 6:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Carroll, Wythe	4 hr
May 12, 7:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Galax	66 min
May 11, 8:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes	63 min
May 11, 10:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Watauga	32 min
May 12, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	56 min
May 12, 7:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	66 min
May 12, 4:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Summers	29 min
May 12, 11:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	52 min
May 12, 2:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Summers	64 min
May 12, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	55 min

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.