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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

August 30, 2018Halifax County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 30, 2018, 9:13 PM EDT for Halifax County, Virginia. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Aug 30, 2018, 9:13 PM EDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired: Aug 30, 2018, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Halifax County, VA

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 30, 8:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	32 min
Aug 30, 8:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	50 min
Aug 30, 8:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	15 min
Aug 30, 8:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Martinsville	14 min
Aug 30, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	27 min
Aug 30, 8:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	23 min
Aug 30, 9:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	41 min
Aug 30, 9:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	2 hr
Aug 31, 3:32 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax	6 hr
Aug 31, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	65 min
Aug 31, 2:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, Wythe, City of Galax	2 hr
Aug 31, 2:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, Wythe, City of Galax	43 min
Aug 31, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	58 min
Aug 31, 3:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Tazewell	2 hr
Aug 31, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd, City of Radford	55 min
Aug 31, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	61 min
Aug 31, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles, Pulaski	58 min
Aug 31, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	54 min
Aug 31, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Galax	63 min
Aug 31, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Galax	67 min
Aug 30, 10:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	33 min
Aug 30, 11:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	40 min
Aug 30, 11:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	36 min
Aug 30, 11:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	14 min
Aug 30, 11:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Surry	2 hr
Aug 31, 12:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	3 hr
Aug 31, 1:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	37 min
Aug 31, 2:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	3 hr
Aug 31, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Ashe	62 min
Aug 31, 3:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Ashe	3 hr
Aug 31, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	46 min
Aug 31, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry	63 min
Aug 31, 3:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Mercer	3 hr

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.