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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

May 7, 2015City of Galax, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at May 7, 2015, 4:01 PM EDT for City of Galax, Virginia. It was in force for 29 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: May 7, 2015, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2015, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County City of Galax, VA

The radar

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 8:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	23 min
May 6, 8:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	45 min
May 6, 10:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham	48 min
May 6, 11:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, City of Lynchburg	56 min
May 7, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	51 min
May 7, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	29 min
May 7, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	24 min
May 7, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	25 min
May 7, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	27 min
May 7, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	56 min
May 7, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	26 min
May 7, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	28 min
May 7, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	23 min
May 7, 6:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	21 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2015 Every special weather statement 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.