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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

February 22, 2012Bland County, Craig County, Giles County, Virginia; Mercer County, Monroe County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Feb 22, 2012, 7:04 PM EST for Bland County, Craig County, Giles County, Virginia; Mercer County, Monroe 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: Feb 22, 2012, 7:04 PM EST (00:04 UTC)
Expired: Feb 22, 2012, 8:00 PM EST
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Bland County, VA, Craig County, VA, Giles County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 22, 7:04 PM EST, 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
Feb 22, 7:55 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt, Craig, Giles	50 min
Feb 22, 9:19 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Bland, Giles, Tazewell	3 hr
Feb 22, 10:00 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, Patrick, City of Galax	60 min
Feb 22, 10:28 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville	32 min
Feb 23, 2:26 PM EST	Wind Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more	34 hr
Feb 22, 9:29 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Watauga	31 min
Feb 22, 11:18 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	27 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2012 Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2012 Every special weather statement 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.