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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 8, 2014Bath County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jun 8, 2014, 4:49 PM EDT for Bath County, Virginia. It was in force for 26 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: Jun 8, 2014, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2014, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Bath County, VA

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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 Jun 8, 4:17 PM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 4:17 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 3:54 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
354 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-092000-
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-
354 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

EXPECT A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY EVENING TO BE STRONG...AND POSSIBLY SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT
FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE GUSTY...AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS.

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:20 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:44 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
444 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

WVZ045-082115-
GREENBRIER WV-
444 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DUO...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE
  POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL CLOUD-TO-GROUND
  LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ANJEAN...
  QUINWOOD...
  DUO...
  LEONARD...
  AND TROUT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN OR SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR IN A VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3823 8036 3811 8036 3806 8028 3795 8068
      3808 8075 3808 8071 3827 8044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 245DEG 24KT 3808 8062

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
449 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

VAZ019-020-WVZ045-082115-
BATH VA-ALLEGHANY VA-GREENBRIER WV-
449 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BATH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  EXTREME NORTHWEST ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  NORTHEAST GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 448 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEOLA...MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH VERY
  HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOT SPRINGS...
  NEOLA...
  NATURAL WELL...
  INGALLS FIELD...
  AND CARLOOVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN OR SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR IN A VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3792 7980 3790 8016 3804 8019 3804 8016
      3806 8011 3806 7997 3811 7993 3812 7994
      3813 7988
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 259DEG 24KT 3798 8006

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 12:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	28 min
Jun 8, 5:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Bath	2 hr
Jun 8, 6:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig, Roanoke	38 min
Jun 8, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Covington	45 min
Jun 8, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockbridge	41 min
Jun 8, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	29 min
Jun 8, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	25 min
Jun 8, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	31 min
Jun 8, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Monroe	27 min
Jun 8, 7:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Greenbrier	2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.