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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA

April 15, 201918 counties in Virginia; 6 counties in North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this frost advisory at Apr 15, 2019, 9:28 PM EDT for 18 counties in Virginia; 6 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 16, 2019, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 15, 2019, 9:28 PM EDT (01:28 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 16, 2019, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 16, 2019, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

All 24 counties

Caswell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, Franklin County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 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 frost advisory 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 frost advisory went out at Apr 15, 2:45 PM EDT, 6 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 2:45 PM EDT, 6 hours 43 minutes before

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Nearby

Frost Advisories in Virginia, 2019 Frost Advisories in North Carolina, 2019 Every frost advisory in 2019

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.