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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 6, 2011Bedford County, Franklin County, City of Lynchburg, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2011, 4:09 AM EDT for Bedford County, Franklin County, City of Lynchburg, Virginia. It was in force for 51 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: Jul 6, 2011, 4:09 AM EDT (08:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2011, 5:00 AM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Bedford County, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, Franklin County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 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 Jul 6, 3:11 AM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 3:11 AM EDT, 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 3:23 AM EDT, 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:09 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
Jul 6, 12:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke	23 min
Jul 6, 12:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry	37 min
Jul 6, 12:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin, Roanoke	56 min
Jul 6, 12:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Patrick	43 min
Jul 6, 1:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	33 min
Jul 6, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Martinsville	28 min
Jul 6, 1:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	26 min
Jul 6, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	35 min
Jul 6, 1:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox	31 min
Jul 6, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Martinsville	23 min
Jul 6, 2:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	3 hr
Jul 6, 2:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	32 min
Jul 6, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	35 min
Jul 6, 2:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte	73 min
Jul 6, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	22 min
Jul 6, 2:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Patrick	67 min
Jul 6, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Smyth, Tazewell	54 min
Jul 6, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	29 min
Jul 6, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	27 min
Jul 6, 6:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	10 min
Jul 6, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	14 min
Jul 6, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry	30 min
Jul 6, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes	30 min
Jul 6, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	34 min
Jul 6, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	18 min
Jul 6, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	41 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2011 Every special weather statement 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.