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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

April 26, 2012Greenbrier County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Apr 26, 2012, 6:25 PM EDT for Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was in force for 65 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: Apr 26, 2012, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2012, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Greenbrier County, WV

The radar

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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.

NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 26, 4:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 4:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 3:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
335 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-271945-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-
YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-
CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-
PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-
APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-
GREENBRIER-
335 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION ON SATURDAY AS
A WARM FRONT LIFTS TOWARD THE AREA...SUPPORTED BY AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 26, 6:25 PM EDT, 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
Apr 25, 11:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland	36 min
Apr 25, 11:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Smyth, Tazewell	23 min
Apr 26, 12:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	28 min
Apr 26, 12:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson, City of Galax	36 min
Apr 26, 1:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	15 min
Apr 26, 2:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll	37 min
Apr 26, 4:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	29 min
Apr 26, 4:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Botetourt, Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski and 5 more	34 min
Apr 26, 7:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Tazewell	3 hr
Apr 26, 8:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	59 min
Apr 26, 8:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Grayson	60 min
Apr 26, 8:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe	63 min
Apr 26, 9:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax	27 min
Apr 26, 9:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Wythe	29 min
Apr 26, 10:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, City of Danville	63 min
Apr 26, 11:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Tazewell	3 hr
Apr 26, 11:54 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Bland	3 hr
Apr 26, 12:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, City of Covington	6 hr
Apr 26, 2:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Tazewell	6 hr
Apr 26, 2:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Bland	3 hr
Apr 26, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Giles	59 min
Apr 26, 7:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Bland, Tazewell	6 hr
Apr 26, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Giles, Tazewell, Wythe	65 min
Apr 26, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Craig, Giles, Montgomery	52 min
Apr 26, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	64 min
Apr 26, 2:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	25 min
Apr 26, 9:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes, Surry, Yadkin	41 min
Apr 26, 2:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	36 min
Apr 26, 3:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier, Summers	35 min
Apr 26, 6:34 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Mercer, Summers	6 hr
Apr 26, 6:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Summers	6 hr
Apr 26, 7:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	64 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.