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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Blacksburg, VA

October 28, 20119 counties in Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter storm watch at Oct 28, 2011, 4:12 AM EDT for 9 counties in Virginia. It took effect at Oct 29, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 28, 2011, 4:12 AM EDT (08:12 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 29, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 28, 2011, 4:02 PM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Lexington, VA, Rockbridge County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 97 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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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Oct 27, 9:47 PM EDT, 6 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 27, 9:47 PM EDT, 6 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 27, 3:50 PM EDT, 12 hours 22 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
Oct 28, 4:02 PM EDT	Winter Storm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bath, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	17 hr
Oct 28, 4:02 PM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Bedford, Botetourt, Craig, Floyd, Giles and 5 more	17 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Virginia, 2011 Winter Storm Watches in West Virginia, 2011 Every winter storm watch 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.