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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 19, 2011Bath County, Virginia; Greenbrier County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2011, 8:49 AM EDT for Bath County, Virginia; Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was in force for 56 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 19, 2011, 8:49 AM EDT (12:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2011, 9:45 AM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Bath County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:49 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 19, 7:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 7:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 4:36 AM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 8:49 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
849 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011

VAZ019-020-WVZ043>045-191345-
ALLEGHANY VA-BATH VA-GREENBRIER WV-MONROE WV-SUMMERS WV-
849 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ALLEGHANY...BATH...
GREENBRIER...MONROE AND SUMMERS COUNTIES...

AT 841 AM EDT...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICHWOOD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS ESPECIALLY AS
THEY PASS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY
IN THE NEXT HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS WITH
AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES THROUGH 10 AM AND
ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH EAST INTO THE GREENBRIER VALLEY. THE
HEAVIER RAIN MAY CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL
ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. EXPECT VERY FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN OR SEEK
SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR BINGHAM AROUND 855 AM...DUO...AND QUINWOOD
AROUND 900 AM...TROUT...LEONARD...ANJEAN...AND RAINELLE AROUND 905
AM...WILLIAMSBURG...RENICK AND AND FALLING SPRING AROUND 910 AM. THE
STORMS SHOULD WEAKEN UPON REACHING THE VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS BETWEEN
930 AND 10 AM.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR LATER
UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LAT...LON 3823 8035 3811 8035 3804 8021 3807 7997
      3818 7992 3827 7981 3818 7951 3815 7952
      3779 8008 3750 8075 3783 8093 3788 8076
      3794 8081 3801 8079 3803 8083 3806 8082
      3807 8089 3811 8088 3809 8071 3827 8044

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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 19, 9:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, City of Covington	53 min
Jul 19, 12:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pulaski, City of Radford	44 min
Jul 19, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	26 min
Jul 19, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	City of Danville	26 min
Jul 19, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes	37 min
Jul 19, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Stokes	29 min
Jul 19, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	27 min
Jul 19, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	30 min
Jul 19, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	29 min
Jul 19, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	23 min
Jul 19, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	35 min
Jul 19, 6:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	53 min
Jul 19, 10:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	54 min
Jul 19, 11:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe, Summers	56 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2011 Special Weather Statements in West 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.