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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 1, 2012Botetourt County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT for Botetourt County, Virginia. It was in force for 30 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: Jun 1, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Botetourt County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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.

NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 31, 7:06 PM EDT, 22 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 7:06 PM EDT, 22 hours 9 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
May 31, 8:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	24 min
Jun 1, 1:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Lynchburg	30 min
Jun 1, 1:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Smyth, Tazewell	117 min
Jun 1, 1:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst	31 min
Jun 1, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst	38 min
Jun 1, 1:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Amherst	24 min
Jun 1, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	27 min
Jun 1, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell	24 min
Jun 1, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox	34 min
Jun 1, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	35 min
Jun 1, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe	29 min
Jun 1, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	32 min
Jun 1, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Grayson, Wythe	30 min
Jun 1, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Buckingham	44 min
Jun 1, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Charlotte	30 min
Jun 1, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, Giles, Pulaski, City of Galax, City of Radford	31 min
Jun 1, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	65 min
Jun 1, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	58 min
Jun 1, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	24 min
Jun 1, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig, Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Radford	31 min
Jun 1, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll	30 min
Jun 1, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	29 min
Jun 1, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	32 min
Jun 1, 5:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Amherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	40 min
Jun 1, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	32 min
Jun 1, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Botetourt, Roanoke, City of Roanoke	37 min
Jun 1, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	38 min
Jun 1, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	28 min
Jun 1, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	31 min
Jun 1, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, City of Martinsville	28 min
Jun 1, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Martinsville	31 min
Jun 1, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	32 min
Jun 1, 7:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	33 min
Jun 1, 7:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	31 min
Jun 1, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes	29 min
Jun 1, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	28 min
Jun 1, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	29 min
Jun 1, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	29 min

Nearby

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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.