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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 21, 2013Bath County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 21, 2013, 9:06 PM EDT for Bath County, Virginia. It was in force for 24 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 21, 2013, 9:06 PM EDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2013, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Bath County, VA

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The text

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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 21, 7:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 7:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 3:45 PM EDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
345 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013

VAZ007-010-011-018>020-WVZ042>045-221945-
TAZEWELL-BLAND-GILES-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-
GREENBRIER-
345 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST
CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO LATE EVENING. HEAVY
RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THIS ACTIVITY...INTRODUCING A RISK OF FLASH
FLOODING. TO A LESSER EXTENT...A FEW OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS
WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA
NEAR A WEAK COLD FRONT THAT WILL LINGER THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE
LIFTING NORTH. THIS WILL ENHANCE THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING ON
MONDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY
RAINFALL DURING RECENT DAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ009-012>017-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
221945-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-
YADKIN-SMYTH-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-ROANOKE-
BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-
PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
345 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION
THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN...WITH
SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING AN INCH OR MORE OF RAINFALL WITHIN A FEW
MINUTES. SUCH RAINFALL RATES WILL ENHANCE THE THREAT OF FLASH
FLOODING. COVERAGE OF RAINFALL WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. IN
ADDITION...A FEW STORMS WILL BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS CAPABLE OF TAKING DOWN TREES...ESPECIALLY IN
AREAS WHERE THE SOIL IS SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA
NEAR A WEAK COLD FRONT THAT WILL LINGER THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE
LIFTING NORTH. THIS WILL RESULT IN MORE OF A FLASH FLOODING
THREAT ON MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 4:46 PM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 5:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 21, 6:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 21, 8:10 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 8:25 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 9:06 PM 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 21, 8:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	35 min
Jul 21, 9:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Bath	3 hr
Jul 22, 10:46 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more	13 hr
Jul 22, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke	46 min
Jul 22, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	42 min
Jul 22, 5:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	3 hr
Jul 22, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Buena Vista	37 min
Jul 22, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wythe	47 min
Jul 22, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry, Yadkin	34 min
Jul 22, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	48 min
Jul 22, 7:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	53 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.