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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Blacksburg, VA

November 13, 201827 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter storm watch at Nov 13, 2018, 3:35 PM EST for 27 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Nov 14, 2018, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 13, 2018, 3:35 PM EST (20:35 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 14, 2018, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Nov 14, 2018, 3:52 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

All 36 counties

Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Nov 13, 12:56 PM EST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 13, 12:56 PM EST, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 13, 6:22 AM EST, 9 hours 13 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
Nov 12, 8:25 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	49 hr
Nov 12, 8:25 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RNK	Halifax	5 days
Nov 12, 8:25 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RNK	Halifax	6 days
Nov 12, 9:17 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	6 hr
Nov 13, 2:34 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	3 days
Nov 13, 3:15 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	6 hr
Nov 13, 9:18 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Halifax	117 min
Nov 13, 3:25 PM EST	Flood Watch	RNK	Carroll, Charlotte, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson, Halifax and 6 more	47 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Virginia, 2018 Winter Storm Watches in North Carolina, 2018 Winter Storm Watches in West Virginia, 2018 Every winter storm watch in 2018

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.