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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 3, 2013Amherst County, City of Lynchburg, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2013, 2:43 AM EDT for Amherst County, City of Lynchburg, Virginia. It was in force for 62 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: Jul 3, 2013, 2:43 AM EDT (06:43 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2013, 3:45 AM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Amherst County, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Jul 3, 1:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 1:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 12:09 AM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:43 AM EDT, 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
Jul 3, 11:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	53 min
Jul 3, 11:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	48 min
Jul 3, 12:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson	50 min
Jul 3, 1:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Grayson, City of Galax	6 hr
Jul 3, 1:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	40 min
Jul 3, 1:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	3 hr
Jul 3, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	44 min
Jul 3, 3:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Bland, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe	15 hr
Jul 3, 3:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Halifax, Pittsylvania	3 hr
Jul 3, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham, Charlotte, Halifax	82 min
Jul 3, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax	53 min
Jul 3, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles, Pulaski	64 min
Jul 3, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte	53 min
Jul 3, 4:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	3 hr
Jul 3, 5:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig, Floyd and 8 more	9 hr
Jul 3, 5:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry, Yadkin	54 min
Jul 3, 10:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	50 min
Jul 3, 11:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Ashe, Watauga	51 min
Jul 3, 12:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Ashe, Watauga	6 hr
Jul 3, 6:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Ashe, Watauga	6 hr

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.