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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Blacksburg, VA

August 31, 2013Franklin County, City of Martinsville, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2013, 4:51 PM EDT for Franklin County, City of Martinsville, Virginia. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 31, 2013, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired: Aug 31, 2013, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties City of Martinsville, VA, Franklin County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 30, 7:54 PM EDT, 20 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 7:54 PM EDT, 20 hours 57 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
Aug 31, 1:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	64 min
Aug 31, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	62 min
Aug 31, 1:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Craig, Giles	62 min
Aug 31, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wythe	35 min
Aug 31, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Salem	29 min
Aug 31, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Carroll, Pulaski, Wythe	53 min
Aug 31, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	27 min
Aug 31, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax	54 min
Aug 31, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	37 min
Aug 31, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke	28 min
Aug 31, 3:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax	4 hr
Aug 31, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Radford	24 min
Aug 31, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll	23 min
Aug 31, 3:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Botetourt	4 hr
Aug 31, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	27 min
Aug 31, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery	33 min
Aug 31, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll	24 min
Aug 31, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Lynchburg	27 min
Aug 31, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke	33 min
Aug 31, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Franklin	53 min
Aug 31, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell, City of Lynchburg	63 min
Aug 31, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, Patrick	41 min
Aug 31, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	60 min
Aug 31, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	66 min
Aug 31, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, City of Martinsville	55 min
Aug 31, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania	60 min
Aug 31, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania	60 min
Aug 31, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	28 min
Aug 31, 2:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Wilkes	6 hr
Aug 31, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	26 min
Aug 31, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	62 min
Aug 31, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	31 min
Aug 31, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry	67 min
Aug 31, 3:46 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Surry	4 hr
Aug 31, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Yadkin	91 min
Aug 31, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	32 min
Aug 31, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	26 min

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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.