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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

May 10, 2016Roanoke County, City of Roanoke, City of Salem, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at May 10, 2016, 4:14 PM EDT for Roanoke County, City of Roanoke, City of Salem, Virginia. It was in force for 46 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: May 10, 2016, 4:14 PM EDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Roanoke County, VA

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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 May 10, 3:49 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 3:49 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 5:45 AM EDT, 10 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 10, 3:23 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 10, 3:48 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 10, 4:13 PM EDT, 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, May 10, 4:14 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
414 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

VAZ018-022-023-102100-
CRAIG-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-
414 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CRAIG...CITY OF
SALEM...NORTHERN ROANOKE...CITY OF ROANOKE AND SOUTHWESTERN
BOTETOURT COUNTIES...

AT 413 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER ABBOTT...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.

PEA-SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CATAWBA.  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROANOKE...
SALEM...
VINTON...
TROUTVILLE...
AND CATAWBA.

THIS INCLUDES THE SALEM FAIRGROUNDS AND ROANOKE REGIONAL AIRPORT.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3747 7982 3726 7986 3729 8024 3731 8026
      3744 8025
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 259DEG 23KT 3740 8015

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wythe	37 min
May 10, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	27 min
May 10, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	49 min
May 10, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	54 min
May 10, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke	49 min
May 10, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	48 min
May 10, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, City of Lynchburg	43 min
May 10, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	64 min
May 10, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	61 min
May 10, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	59 min
May 10, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	57 min
May 10, 7:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	57 min
May 10, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	62 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2016 Every special weather statement 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.