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Winter Weather Advisory 7, NWS Blacksburg, VA

February 10, 201210 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 10, 2012, 9:47 AM EST for 10 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 10, 2012, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 10, 2012, 9:47 AM EST (14:47 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 10, 2012, 9:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 12, 2012, 6:00 AM EST
In force: 33 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bland County, VA, City of Covington, VA, Craig County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:46 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 Feb 10, 6:51 AM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 6:51 AM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 4:21 AM EST, 5 hours 26 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
Feb 10, 3:02 PM EST	High Wind Watch	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig, Floyd and 14 more	13 hr
Feb 10, 4:07 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	RNK		6 hr
Feb 10, 9:47 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	RNK		44 hr

Nearby

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