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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Mar 24, 2012, 12:32 PM EDT for Grayson County, Wythe County, Virginia. It was in force for 43 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 24, 2012, 12:32 PM EDT (16:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2012, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Grayson County, VA, Wythe County, VA
The radar
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The text
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NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 24, 12:01 PM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 12:01 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 24, 12:24 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll | 39 min |
| Mar 24, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Grayson | 50 min |
| Mar 24, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wythe | 47 min |
| Mar 24, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Wythe | 60 min |
| Mar 24, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 63 min |
| Mar 24, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll | 60 min |
| Mar 24, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Grayson, Pulaski, Smyth, Wythe | 53 min |
| Mar 24, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Tazewell | 60 min |
| Mar 24, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, Wythe, City of Galax | 56 min |
| Mar 24, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax | 56 min |
| Mar 24, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Patrick | 61 min |
| Mar 24, 2:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Patrick | 6 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles, Pulaski, Wythe | 63 min |
| Mar 24, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax | 64 min |
| Mar 24, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pulaski | 30 min |
| Mar 24, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski | 53 min |
| Mar 24, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Patrick | 66 min |
| Mar 24, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Floyd, Patrick | 29 min |
| Mar 24, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Patrick | 67 min |
| Mar 24, 4:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin, Patrick | 30 min |
| Mar 24, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany | 34 min |
| Mar 24, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin | 34 min |
| Mar 24, 4:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Patrick | 42 min |
| Mar 24, 5:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 36 min |
| Mar 24, 5:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Floyd, Patrick | 5 hr |
| Mar 24, 5:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick | 36 min |
| Mar 24, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Patrick | 55 min |
| Mar 24, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, Pittsylvania | 67 min |
| Mar 24, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, City of Martinsville | 39 min |
| Mar 24, 6:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Campbell | 25 min |
| Mar 24, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 53 min |
| Mar 24, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Grayson | 29 min |
| Mar 24, 6:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 41 min |
| Mar 24, 6:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick | 4 hr |
| Mar 24, 6:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 35 min |
| Mar 24, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 34 min |
| Mar 24, 6:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 3 hr |
| Mar 24, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell | 37 min |
| Mar 24, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 56 min |
| Mar 24, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Buckingham | 30 min |
| Mar 24, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 81 min |
| Mar 24, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Buckingham | 33 min |
| Mar 24, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany | 51 min |
| Mar 24, 12:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wilkes | 47 min |
| Mar 24, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes | 42 min |
| Mar 24, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 44 min |
| Mar 24, 6:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 4 hr |
| Mar 24, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 60 min |
| Mar 24, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Summers | 31 min |
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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.