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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at May 18, 2013, 4:12 PM EDT for Rockbridge County, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington, Virginia. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2013, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2013, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Lexington, VA, Rockbridge County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 18, 4:09 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 4:09 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 18, 4:12 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 17, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Henry, City of Danville, City of Martinsville | 63 min |
| May 17, 9:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Patrick | 47 min |
| May 17, 10:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 53 min |
| May 17, 11:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Campbell | 61 min |
| May 17, 11:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 58 min |
| May 18, 12:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Charlotte | 60 min |
| May 18, 12:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox | 29 min |
| May 18, 5:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Grayson, Smyth | 23 hr |
| May 17, 8:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockingham | 65 min |
Nearby
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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.