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Winter Weather Advisory 4, NWS Blacksburg, VA

January 12, 20126 counties in Virginia; Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 12, 2012, 4:13 AM EST for 6 counties in Virginia; Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Jan 12, 2012, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 12, 2012, 4:13 AM EST (09:13 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 12, 2012, 6:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 13, 2012, 2:31 PM EST
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Bland County, VA, Craig County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 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 12, 4:13 AM EST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 4:13 AM EST, 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
Jan 11, 7:09 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell, Pittsylvania	66 min
Jan 11, 7:41 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Montgomery, Pulaski, Wythe, City of Galax and 1 more	64 min
Jan 11, 7:43 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	62 min
Jan 11, 8:40 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig, Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Salem	35 min
Jan 12, 4:14 AM EST	High Wind Warning	RNK	Grayson	34 hr
Jan 12, 4:14 AM EST	Wind Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 22 more	34 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Virginia, 2012 Winter Weather Advisories in West Virginia, 2012 Winter Weather Advisories in North Carolina, 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.