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Freezing Rain Advisory 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA

December 28, 201614 counties in Virginia; Greenbrier County, Monroe County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this freezing rain advisory at Dec 28, 2016, 8:59 PM EST for 14 counties in Virginia; Greenbrier County, Monroe County, West Virginia. It took effect at Dec 28, 2016, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2016, 8:59 PM EST (01:59 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 28, 2016, 10:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 29, 2016, 5:52 AM EST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Bath County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Giles County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV, Monroe County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:03 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 freezing rain 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 freezing rain advisory went out at Dec 28, 7:07 PM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 7:07 PM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 7:27 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Nearby

Freezing Rain Advisories in Virginia, 2016 Freezing Rain Advisories in West Virginia, 2016 Every freezing rain advisory 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.