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Freeze Watch 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA

April 10, 201237 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this freeze watch at Apr 10, 2012, 3:52 PM EDT for 37 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Apr 12, 2012, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 10, 2012, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 12, 2012, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 11, 2012, 3:13 PM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

All 49 counties

Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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 freeze 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 freeze watch went out at Apr 10, 3:44 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 3:44 PM EDT, 8 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
Apr 9, 8:51 PM EDT	Red Flag Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 27 more	23 hr
Apr 10, 3:03 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 17 more	30 hr

Nearby

Freeze Watches in Virginia, 2012 Freeze Watches in North Carolina, 2012 Freeze Watches in West Virginia, 2012 Every freeze watch in 2012

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.