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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 27, 2019Alleghany County, City of Covington, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2019, 6:24 PM EDT for Alleghany County, City of Covington, Virginia. It was in force for 66 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 27, 2019, 6:24 PM EDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2019, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Alleghany County, VA, City of Covington, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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 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 26, 6:55 PM EDT, 23 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 6:55 PM EDT, 23 hours 29 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 27, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockbridge	40 min
Jun 27, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst	37 min
Jun 27, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst	46 min
Jun 27, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Lynchburg	32 min
Jun 27, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	35 min
Jun 27, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	31 min
Jun 27, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	34 min
Jun 27, 6:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	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.