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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

October 10, 2017Grayson County, Wythe County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Oct 10, 2017, 5:14 PM EDT for Grayson County, Wythe County, Virginia. It was in force for 31 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 10, 2017, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
Oct 10, 2017, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Grayson County, VA, Wythe County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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 Oct 9, 7:27 PM EDT, 21 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 7:27 PM EDT, 21 hours 47 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 10, 5:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRNKGrayson107 min
Oct 10, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKGrayson43 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017

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.