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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2011, 2:07 PM EDT for Franklin County, Virginia. It was in force for 23 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 8, 2011, 2:07 PM EDT (18:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2011, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
County Franklin County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 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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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 8, 1:54 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 1:54 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 8, 9:50 AM EDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
950 AM EDT FRI JUL 08 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NNE CULLEN 37.16N 78.62W
07/07/2011 CHARLOTTE VA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREE DOWN
&&
AMSSpecial weather statement, Jul 8, 1:13 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 113 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011 VAZ033-034-081815- BEDFORD VA-FRANKLIN VA- 113 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BEDFORD AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES... AT 107 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOONES MILL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF ON OR NEAR THE WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS HALF OF SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. SUDDEN WIND GUSTS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAPSIZE YOUR VESSEL. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR BURNT CHIMNEY AROUND 120 PM...WESTERN SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE AROUND 135 PM...NORTHWEST SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE AROUND 150 PM...GOODVIEW AROUND 155 PM...MONETA AROUND 205 PM AND MONETA AROUND 210 PM. LAT...LON 3725 7968 3707 7956 3700 7996 3711 8001 DS
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:07 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
207 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011
VAZ033-081830-
FRANKLIN VA-
207 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT FRANKLIN COUNTY...
AT 203 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST
OF FERRUM...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN
WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR CALLAWAY AROUND 215 PM AND ROCKY MOUNT AROUND
230 PM.
LAT...LON 3695 8016 3695 8014 3698 8014 3699 8012
3700 8013 3702 8011 3712 7983 3698 7976
3691 8014The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 3:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 25 more | 19 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Campbell | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Campbell | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte | 23 min |
| Jul 8, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 53 min |
| Jul 8, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Charlotte | 53 min |
| Jul 8, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Fluvanna | 14 min |
| Jul 8, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Danville | 57 min |
| Jul 8, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Botetourt, Craig | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke | 30 min |
| Jul 8, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 54 min |
| Jul 8, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Cumberland | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Charlotte | 53 min |
| Jul 7, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockingham | 32 min |
| Jul 7, 9:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 38 min |
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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.