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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

August 13, 2011Wilkes County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 13, 2011, 4:19 PM EDT for Wilkes County, North Carolina. It was in force for 26 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: Aug 13, 2011, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Wilkes County, NC

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The text

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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 Aug 13, 3:56 PM EDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 3:56 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 3:39 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
339 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

NCZ001>003-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-WVZ042>045-141945-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-
GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-
ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-
BEDFORD-AMHERST-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
339 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
DOWNPOURS MAY RESULT IN POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. A FEW STORMS MAY
CONTAIN LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY. STORMS THAT
DEVELOP ALONG THIS FRONT MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...
AND GUSTY WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ004>006-VAZ043>047-058-059-141945-
STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-
BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
339 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
DOWNPOURS MAY RESULT IN POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. A FEW STORMS MAY
CONTAIN LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY. STORMS THAT
DEVELOP ALONG THIS FRONT MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...LARGE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 13, 2:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 13, 3:48 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:51 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 13, 4:14 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 13, 4:16 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 13, 4:19 PM 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
Aug 12, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, City of Martinsville	29 min
Aug 12, 9:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke	23 min
Aug 12, 9:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke	48 min
Aug 13, 9:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	47 min
Aug 13, 11:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham	53 min
Aug 13, 1:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax	62 min
Aug 13, 1:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery, City of Radford	67 min
Aug 13, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pulaski	26 min
Aug 13, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	24 min
Aug 13, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Floyd, Franklin, Patrick	58 min
Aug 13, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Montgomery, Pulaski	30 min
Aug 13, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Grayson	21 min
Aug 13, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Covington	24 min
Aug 13, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	31 min
Aug 13, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Radford	29 min
Aug 13, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	31 min
Aug 13, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	30 min
Aug 13, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	40 min
Aug 13, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	30 min
Aug 13, 5:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Patrick	37 min
Aug 13, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson, Wythe	29 min
Aug 13, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson	31 min
Aug 12, 9:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Watauga	28 min
Aug 13, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caldwell	24 min
Aug 13, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	23 min
Aug 13, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Ashe	26 min
Aug 13, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Wilkes	37 min
Aug 13, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes	25 min
Aug 13, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes	39 min
Aug 13, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes	29 min
Aug 13, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry, Yadkin	67 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 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.