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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA

March 1, 201411 counties in Virginia; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter storm watch at Mar 1, 2014, 4:59 AM EST for 11 counties in Virginia; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Mar 3, 2014, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 1, 2014, 4:59 AM EST (09:59 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 3, 2014, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Mar 2, 2014, 5:09 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bath County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Lexington, VA, Craig County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Mar 1, 4:53 AM EST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 4:53 AM EST, 6 minutes before

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Winter Storm Watches in Virginia, 2014 Winter Storm Watches in West Virginia, 2014 Every winter storm watch in 2014

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.