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Freezing Rain Advisory 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA

January 22, 20128 counties in Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this freezing rain advisory at Jan 22, 2012, 4:29 AM EST for 8 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 22, 2012, 4:29 AM EST (09:29 UTC)
Expired: Jan 22, 2012, 11:00 AM EST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Carroll County, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Floyd County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Roanoke County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:33 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 freezing rain advisory 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 freezing rain advisory went out at Jan 22, 4:18 AM EST, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 4:18 AM EST, 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 21, 3:48 PM EST, 12 hours 41 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
Jan 22, 4:23 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	RNK	Bland, Craig, Giles, Pulaski, Wythe, City of Radford	7 hr
Jan 22, 2:55 PM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt and 17 more	18 hr

Nearby

Freezing Rain Advisories in Virginia, 2012 Every freezing rain advisory 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.