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Freeze Watch 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA

April 1, 201611 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this freeze watch at Apr 1, 2016, 3:52 PM EDT for 11 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 3, 2016, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 1, 2016, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 3, 2016, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 2, 2016, 5:13 AM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Amherst County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Franklin County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 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 freeze 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 freeze watch went out at Apr 1, 1:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 1:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 9:58 AM EDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 1, 2:54 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 1, 3:29 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 1, 3:43 PM EDT, 9 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
Apr 1, 12:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	32 min
Apr 1, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	36 min
Apr 1, 3:52 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 20 more	13 hr
Apr 1, 4:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	53 min
Apr 1, 5:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes, Surry, Yadkin	62 min
Apr 1, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	62 min
Apr 1, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes	45 min
Apr 1, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	31 min

Nearby

Freeze Watches in Virginia, 2016 Freeze Watches in North Carolina, 2016 Every freeze watch in 2016

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.