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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA

May 12, 20134 counties in Virginia; Watauga County, North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this freeze warning at May 12, 2013, 4:01 PM EDT for 4 counties in Virginia; Watauga County, North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at May 13, 2013, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2013, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
In effect from: May 13, 2013, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 13, 2013, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Watauga County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, City of Covington, VA, Giles County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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 freeze warning 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 freeze warning went out at May 12, 3:51 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 3:51 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 3:51 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 12, 11:41 AM EDT, 4 hours 20 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
May 11, 8:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox	37 min
May 12, 4:01 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	RNK	Bland, Botetourt, Craig, Grayson, Montgomery, Pulaski and 7 more	17 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Virginia, 2013 Freeze Warnings in West Virginia, 2013 Freeze Warnings in North Carolina, 2013 Every freeze warning in 2013

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.