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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA

April 27, 201523 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; 4 counties in West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this frost advisory at Apr 27, 2015, 3:31 PM EDT for 23 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; 4 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Apr 28, 2015, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 27, 2015, 3:31 PM EDT (19:31 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 28, 2015, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 28, 2015, 8:41 AM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

All 30 counties

Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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 frost advisory 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 frost advisory went out at Apr 26, 7:26 PM EDT, 20 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 7:26 PM EDT, 20 hours 5 minutes before

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Nearby

Frost Advisories in Virginia, 2015 Frost Advisories in West Virginia, 2015 Frost Advisories in North Carolina, 2015 Every frost advisory in 2015

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.