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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

March 17, 20178 counties in Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Mar 17, 2017, 9:23 PM EDT for 8 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 22 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: Mar 17, 2017, 9:23 PM EDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired: Mar 17, 2017, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Bland County, VA, City of Radford, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA

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The text

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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 Mar 17, 7:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 7:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 17, 3:22 PM EDT, 6 hours 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 17, 4:05 PM EDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 17, 6:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 17, 7:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 17, 8:54 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 17, 9:23 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
Mar 17, 8:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt, Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke and 3 more	21 min
Mar 18, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	47 min
Mar 18, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt, Craig	52 min
Mar 18, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	65 min
Mar 18, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	62 min
Mar 18, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	29 min
Mar 18, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford	31 min
Mar 18, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Wythe	58 min
Mar 18, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	66 min
Mar 18, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	24 min
Mar 18, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	18 min
Mar 18, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke	17 min
Mar 18, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	12 min
Mar 18, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	30 min
Mar 18, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	25 min
Mar 18, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pulaski, City of Radford	35 min
Mar 18, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	16 min
Mar 18, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania	60 min
Mar 18, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt, Craig	25 min
Mar 18, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	8 min
Mar 18, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	36 min
Mar 18, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax, City of Danville	46 min
Mar 18, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke	32 min
Mar 18, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, City of Buena Vista	44 min
Mar 18, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	22 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.