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Winter Weather Advisory 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA

January 20, 201626 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 20, 2016, 3:40 AM EST for 26 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, West Virginia. It took effect at Jan 20, 2016, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 20, 2016, 3:40 AM EST (08:40 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 20, 2016, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 20, 2016, 10:30 PM EST
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

All 36 counties

Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 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 weather 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 winter weather advisory went out at Jan 20, 12:24 AM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 12:24 AM EST, 3 hours 16 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
Jan 20, 10:33 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more	17 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Virginia, 2016 Winter Weather Advisories in North Carolina, 2016 Winter Weather Advisories in West Virginia, 2016 Every winter weather 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.