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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

March 20, 2012Campbell County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Mar 20, 2012, 4:28 PM EDT for Campbell County, Virginia. It was in force for 32 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: Mar 20, 2012, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired: Mar 20, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Campbell County, VA

The radar

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The text

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 8:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	65 min
Mar 19, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Botetourt	43 min
Mar 20, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	66 min
Mar 20, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	64 min
Mar 20, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Buena Vista	64 min
Mar 20, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	35 min
Mar 20, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	30 min
Mar 20, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell, Halifax, Pittsylvania	56 min
Mar 20, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke	49 min
Mar 20, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford	20 min
Mar 20, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin	43 min
Mar 20, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	63 min
Mar 20, 6:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Franklin	97 min
Mar 20, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania	35 min
Mar 20, 6:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania	4 hr
Mar 20, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania	62 min
Mar 20, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	38 min
Mar 20, 7:53 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Appomattox	4 hr
Mar 20, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	52 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in 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.