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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2012, 1:57 AM EDT for 4 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 63 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
- Aug 10, 2012, 1:57 AM EDT (05:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2012, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Appomattox County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:58 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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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 Aug 10, 1:19 AM EDT, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 1:19 AM EDT, 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 11:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 9, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Roanoke | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, City of Covington | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 9:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd, Montgomery, Patrick | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 10:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Craig, Floyd, Montgomery and 4 more | 14 min |
| Aug 9, 11:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Covington and 2 more | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 12:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 12:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 12:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Lynchburg | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Smyth | 43 min |
| Aug 10, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockbridge | 49 min |
| Aug 10, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Botetourt | 43 min |
| Aug 10, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Smyth | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockbridge | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pulaski | 24 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pulaski | |
| Aug 10, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pulaski | |
| Aug 10, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pulaski | 5 min |
| Aug 10, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll | 36 min |
| Aug 9, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Surry, Yadkin | 53 min |
| Aug 9, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wilkes | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 11:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 75 min |
| Aug 10, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 22 min |
| Aug 10, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 25 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.