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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 13, 2017Montgomery County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2017, 4:17 PM EDT for Montgomery County, 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

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2017, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2017, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Montgomery County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 12, 7:24 PM EDT, 20 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 7:24 PM EDT, 20 hours 53 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 13, 1:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	28 min
Jul 13, 1:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	43 min
Jul 13, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Martinsville	50 min
Jul 13, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery	27 min
Jul 13, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	25 min
Jul 13, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	31 min
Jul 13, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	35 min
Jul 13, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	29 min
Jul 13, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax	38 min
Jul 13, 1:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	21 min
Jul 13, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	23 min
Jul 13, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes	37 min
Jul 13, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes	23 min
Jul 13, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	36 min
Jul 13, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	33 min
Jul 13, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	34 min
Jul 13, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	25 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.