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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

August 20, 2013Watauga County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2013, 2:39 PM EDT for Watauga County, North Carolina. It was in force for 66 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: Aug 20, 2013, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired: Aug 20, 2013, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Watauga County, NC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 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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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 Aug 20, 1:52 PM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 1:52 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 20, 10:24 AM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1024 AM EDT TUE AUG 20 2013

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-211430-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-
YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-
CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-
PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-
APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-
GREENBRIER-
1024 AM EDT TUE AUG 20 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON
AND EVENING DURING THE WEEK. A FEW OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS
WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.

FOR WEDNESDAY IN PARTICULAR...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION...RESULTING IN AN INCREASED THREAT OF
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...AS WELL AS DAMAGING WINDS AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 20, 2:15 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
215 PM EDT TUE AUG 20 2013

NCZ001-VAZ009-015-201845-
ASHE NC-SMYTH VA-GRAYSON VA-
215 PM EDT TUE AUG 20 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ASHE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 212 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR FLATWOOD...NEARLY STATIONARY.

* HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADWAYS AND QUICKLY FILL
  ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WHITETOP...
  NELLA...
  AND FLATWOOD.

LAT...LON 3646 8171 3647 8170 3653 8171 3660 8166
      3662 8161 3663 8161 3664 8163 3667 8164
      3671 8153 3656 8146 3643 8172
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 239DEG 3KT 3651 8165

Special weather statement, Aug 20, 2:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
239 PM EDT TUE AUG 20 2013

NCZ001-018-201945-
WATAUGA NC-ASHE NC-
239 PM EDT TUE AUG 20 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WATAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
  WESTERN ASHE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 234 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
  TRACKING VERY SLOW MOVING SHOWERS NEAR PEORIA.

* HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADWAYS
  AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SUGAR GROVE...
  BEECH MOUNTAIN...
  MEAT CAMP...
  SILVERSTONE...
  AND REESE.

LAT...LON 3636 8179 3634 8176 3634 8171 3641 8174
      3642 8172 3642 8169 3636 8158 3617 8183
      3620 8186 3619 8188 3621 8190 3624 8191
      3627 8189 3629 8192
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 262DEG 2KT 3627 8189

The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 20, 2:18 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more	8 hr
Aug 20, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	58 min
Aug 20, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wythe	49 min
Aug 20, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Ashe	30 min
Aug 20, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Ashe	56 min
Aug 20, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Watauga	57 min
Aug 20, 5:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Ashe	3 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2013 Every special weather statement 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.