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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

April 1, 2016Stokes County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Apr 1, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT for Stokes County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 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: Apr 1, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired: Apr 1, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Stokes County, NC

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 1, 3:54 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 3:54 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 4:01 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
401 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016

NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032-043>047-058-059-022015-
SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-HENRY-
PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
401 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH
CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

VAZ007-010>020-WVZ042>044-507-508-022015-
TAZEWELL-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-
CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER-
WESTERN GREENBRIER-
401 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST
CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ001-002-018-VAZ009-022>024-033>035-022015-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-SMYTH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-
FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-
401 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND ADVISORY.
   FREEZE WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

RCS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 1, 2:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 1, 3:29 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 1, 4:15 PM EDT, 0 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	Freeze Watch	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Franklin, Roanoke, Rockbridge and 5 more	13 hr
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, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	31 min

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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.