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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 17, 2018Halifax County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 17, 2018, 4:16 PM EDT for Halifax County, Virginia. It was in force for 29 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 17, 2018, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2018, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Halifax County, VA

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 Jul 16, 7:33 PM EDT, 20 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 7:33 PM EDT, 20 hours 43 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 16, 9:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	32 min
Jul 17, 1:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	48 min
Jul 17, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	41 min
Jul 17, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	24 min
Jul 17, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	23 min
Jul 17, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	46 min
Jul 17, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	26 min
Jul 17, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	27 min
Jul 17, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	23 min
Jul 17, 4:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	City of Danville	84 min
Jul 17, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	27 min
Jul 17, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	24 min
Jul 17, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	27 min
Jul 17, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	43 min
Jul 17, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	52 min
Jul 17, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Lynchburg	24 min
Jul 17, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Cumberland	17 min
Jul 17, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	29 min
Jul 17, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	46 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.