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Winter Weather Advisory 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA

January 11, 20126 counties in Virginia; Monroe County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 11, 2012, 4:39 AM EST for 6 counties in Virginia; Monroe County, West Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 11, 2012, 4:39 AM EST (09:39 UTC)
Expired: Jan 11, 2012, 10:00 AM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Lexington, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Monroe County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory 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 winter weather advisory went out at Jan 10, 6:22 PM EST, 10 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 6:22 PM EST, 10 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 10, 4:01 PM EST, 12 hours 38 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
Jan 11, 11:12 AM EST	Wind Advisory	RNK	Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe and 1 more	7 hr
Jan 11, 6:28 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	62 min
Jan 11, 6:35 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe	55 min
Jan 11, 6:38 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	52 min

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Virginia, 2012 Winter Weather Advisories in West Virginia, 2012 Every winter weather advisory 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.