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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 7, 2016, 3:09 PM EST for 9 counties in Virginia; Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; 4 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 8, 2016, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2016, 3:09 PM EST (20:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 8, 2016, 6:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2016, 3:58 PM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bland County, VA, City of Covington, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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 winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 7, 12:27 PM EST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 12:27 PM EST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 3:09 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Giles, Grayson, Smyth and 3 more | 4 days |
Nearby
Winter Storm Watches in Virginia, 2016Winter Storm Watches in West Virginia, 2016Winter Storm Watches in North Carolina, 2016Every winter storm watch 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.