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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Blacksburg, VA

March 3, 20155 counties in Virginia; Greenbrier County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter storm watch at Mar 3, 2015, 2:42 PM EST for 5 counties in Virginia; Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It took effect at Mar 5, 2015, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 3, 2015, 2:42 PM EST (19:42 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 5, 2015, 12:00 AM EST
Expired: Mar 4, 2015, 4:13 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Amherst County, VA, Bath County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Lexington, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 3, 1:39 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 1:39 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 12:56 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 3, 11:00 AM EST, 3 hours 42 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 3, 2:05 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	RNK	Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe and 1 more	8 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Virginia, 2015 Winter Storm Watches in West Virginia, 2015 Every winter storm watch 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.