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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

August 4, 2015Bedford County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2015, 3:30 PM EDT for Bedford County, Virginia. It was in force for 30 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 4, 2015, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2015, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Bedford County, 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
Aug 4, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	26 min
Aug 4, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	35 min
Aug 4, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst	43 min
Aug 4, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Lynchburg	34 min
Aug 4, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	30 min
Aug 4, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell, Halifax	63 min
Aug 4, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, City of Martinsville	39 min
Aug 4, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	49 min
Aug 4, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	25 min
Aug 4, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wythe	52 min
Aug 4, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	47 min
Aug 4, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pulaski, Wythe	48 min
Aug 4, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes	23 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.