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Heat Advisory 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA

August 13, 20164 counties in Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this heat advisory at Aug 13, 2016, 5:39 AM EDT for 4 counties in Virginia. It took effect at Aug 13, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 13, 2016, 5:39 AM EDT (09:39 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 13, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired: Aug 13, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Appomattox County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Halifax County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat 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 heat advisory went out at Aug 13, 5:30 AM EDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 5:30 AM 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
Aug 13, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	33 min
Aug 13, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson	34 min
Aug 13, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland	39 min
Aug 13, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pulaski	43 min
Aug 13, 7:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	51 min
Aug 13, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	63 min
Aug 13, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	50 min

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Virginia, 2016 Every heat 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.