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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

April 21, 2017Mercer County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Apr 21, 2017, 1:47 PM EDT for Mercer County, West Virginia. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Apr 21, 2017, 1:47 PM EDT (17:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 21, 2017, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Mercer County, WV

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 Apr 21, 9:52 AM EDT, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 9:52 AM EDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 21, 4:22 AM EDT, 9 hours 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 21, 1:47 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
Apr 21, 2:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville	67 min
Apr 21, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	27 min
Apr 21, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	28 min
Apr 21, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	23 min
Apr 21, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	35 min
Apr 21, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	33 min
Apr 21, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	37 min
Apr 21, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	29 min
Apr 21, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	33 min
Apr 21, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Wythe	67 min
Apr 21, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	53 min
Apr 21, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pulaski, City of Radford	62 min
Apr 21, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, City of Galax	57 min
Apr 21, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Patrick	53 min
Apr 21, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	29 min
Apr 21, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	28 min
Apr 21, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Watauga	36 min
Apr 21, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Watauga	24 min
Apr 21, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	34 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.