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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 8, 2011Franklin County, Virginia

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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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 8, 1:54 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 1:54 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 5:28 AM EDT, 8 hours 39 minutes before
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In the hours before

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

&&

AMS
Special 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 8014

The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 3:58 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRNKAlleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 25 more19 hr
Jul 8, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKFranklin62 min
Jul 8, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCampbell27 min
Jul 8, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCampbell34 min
Jul 8, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAppomattox, Campbell, Charlotte23 min
Jul 8, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKBedford, Franklin53 min
Jul 8, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCharlotte53 min
Jul 8, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKFluvanna14 min
Jul 8, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCity of Danville57 min
Jul 8, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKBotetourt, Craig61 min
Jul 8, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBedford, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke30 min
Jul 8, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKHalifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville54 min
Jul 8, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCumberland63 min
Jul 8, 7:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCharlotte53 min
Jul 7, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKRockingham32 min
Jul 7, 9:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKRockingham38 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2011Every 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.