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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Oct 8, 2017, 7:01 PM EDT for Ashe County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 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
- Oct 8, 2017, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2017, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
County Ashe County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Oct 8, 2:56 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 8, 2:56 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 500 PM EDT Sun Oct 8 2017 NCZ003-019-VAZ010-012-016-017-032-092100- Surry-Wilkes-Bland-Wythe-Carroll-Floyd-Patrick- 500 PM EDT Sun Oct 8 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina, northwest North Carolina and southwest Virginia. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. VAZ011-013-014-018>020-WVZ043-044-507-508-092100- Giles-Pulaski-Montgomery-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Summers-Monroe- Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier- 500 PM EDT Sun Oct 8 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia, west central Virginia and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. WVZ042-092100- Mercer- 500 PM EDT Sun Oct 8 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ005-006-VAZ022>024-033>035-043>047-058-059-092100- Rockingham-Caswell-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Franklin-Bedford- Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax- Charlotte- 500 PM EDT Sun Oct 8 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina, central Virginia, south central Virginia and west central Virginia. .DAY ONE...Tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009-015-092100- Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Tazewell-Smyth-Grayson- 500 PM EDT Sun Oct 8 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT MONDAY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest North Carolina and southwest Virginia. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. Flash Flood Watch. In addition, a few thunderstorms this evening could bring isolated wind damage or a tornado, mainly in North Carolina. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. Flash Flood Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. NCZ004-020-092100- Stokes-Yadkin- 500 PM EDT Sun Oct 8 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina and northwest North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A thunderstorm or two this evening could bring a period of damaging winds or an isolated tornado. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 7:01 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 4:31 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Patrick, Smyth and 3 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell | 22 hr |
| Oct 8, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 22 min |
| Oct 8, 6:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 31 min |
| Oct 8, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 50 min |
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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.