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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 17, 2019Grayson County, Smyth County, Wythe County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2019, 6:16 PM EDT for Grayson County, Smyth County, Wythe County, Virginia. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 17, 2019, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2019, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Grayson County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Wythe County, VA

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 17, 3:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 3:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 5:23 AM EDT, 12 hours 53 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:38 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:41 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:46 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 5:49 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 5:56 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:03 PM EDT, 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
Jun 17, 12:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth, Tazewell	61 min
Jun 17, 12:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	38 min
Jun 17, 1:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd, Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford	43 min
Jun 17, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	51 min
Jun 17, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	44 min
Jun 17, 1:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland	49 min
Jun 17, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	54 min
Jun 17, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	48 min
Jun 17, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, City of Martinsville	52 min
Jun 17, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	62 min
Jun 17, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Tazewell	58 min
Jun 17, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania	54 min
Jun 17, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, City of Galax	63 min
Jun 17, 2:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Franklin, Pittsylvania	4 hr
Jun 17, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	60 min
Jun 17, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania	61 min
Jun 17, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	54 min
Jun 17, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	60 min
Jun 17, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax	67 min
Jun 17, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	63 min
Jun 17, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland	59 min
Jun 17, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, Patrick	54 min
Jun 17, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	60 min
Jun 17, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, City of Buena Vista	57 min
Jun 17, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Patrick	62 min
Jun 17, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson	55 min
Jun 17, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wythe	58 min
Jun 17, 4:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Patrick	3 hr
Jun 17, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	39 min
Jun 17, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	62 min
Jun 17, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke, City of Salem	52 min
Jun 17, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wythe	64 min
Jun 17, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, City of Galax	59 min
Jun 17, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson, Smyth	57 min
Jun 17, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	60 min
Jun 17, 1:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Watauga	41 min
Jun 17, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Watauga	54 min
Jun 17, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes, Surry	65 min
Jun 17, 5:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Ashe, Watauga	4 hr
Jun 17, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	57 min
Jun 17, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes, Yadkin	65 min
Jun 17, 7:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Watauga	3 hr
Jun 16, 11:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier, Summers	60 min

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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.