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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

September 8, 2012Charlotte County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Sep 8, 2012, 3:01 PM EDT for Charlotte County, Virginia. It was in force for 44 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: Sep 8, 2012, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired: Sep 8, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Charlotte County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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 Sep 7, 7:51 PM EDT, 19 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 7:51 PM EDT, 19 hours 10 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
Sep 8, 1:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Giles, Tazewell, City of Covington	60 min
Sep 8, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Craig, Giles, Pulaski and 5 more	53 min
Sep 8, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	56 min
Sep 8, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, Botetourt, Craig, Floyd, Giles, Montgomery and 9 more	61 min
Sep 8, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	27 min
Sep 8, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Franklin and 2 more	62 min
Sep 8, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	65 min
Sep 8, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	61 min
Sep 8, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	30 min
Sep 8, 1:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	66 min
Sep 8, 1:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	64 min
Sep 8, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	57 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.