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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 4, 2016Watauga County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2016, 4:03 PM EDT for Watauga County, North Carolina. It was in force for 27 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: Jul 4, 2016, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2016, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Watauga County, NC

The radar

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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 Jul 3, 7:44 PM EDT, 20 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 7:44 PM EDT, 20 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 6:25 PM EDT, 21 hours 38 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
Jul 4, 10:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	49 min
Jul 4, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	53 min
Jul 4, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson	66 min
Jul 4, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	26 min
Jul 4, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	20 min
Jul 3, 9:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Watauga	34 min
Jul 4, 2:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	63 min
Jul 4, 4:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	63 min
Jul 4, 4:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes	58 min
Jul 4, 4:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	66 min
Jul 4, 5:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	65 min
Jul 4, 7:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	26 min
Jul 4, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	27 min
Jul 4, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	30 min
Jul 4, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	34 min
Jul 4, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	29 min
Jul 4, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	48 min
Jul 4, 7:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	41 min

Nearby

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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.