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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 31, 2019Bedford County, Botetourt County, Roanoke County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2019, 5:01 PM EDT for Bedford County, Botetourt County, Roanoke 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: Jul 31, 2019, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2019, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Roanoke County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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 Jul 30, 7:40 PM EDT, 21 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 7:40 PM EDT, 21 hours 21 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
Jul 31, 12:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson	57 min
Jul 31, 1:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Grayson, Smyth	25 min
Jul 31, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	63 min
Jul 31, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles, City of Radford	50 min
Jul 31, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	39 min
Jul 31, 2:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bath, Rockbridge	22 min
Jul 31, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson	41 min
Jul 31, 3:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Giles, Pulaski	45 min
Jul 31, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Grayson	59 min
Jul 31, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockbridge	26 min
Jul 31, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Lexington	67 min
Jul 31, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	25 min
Jul 31, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge	39 min
Jul 31, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	57 min
Jul 31, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista	53 min
Jul 31, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	47 min
Jul 31, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	25 min
Jul 31, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth, Tazewell	58 min
Jul 31, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	66 min
Jul 31, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pulaski, City of Radford	44 min
Jul 31, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Martinsville	25 min
Jul 31, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst	33 min
Jul 31, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Botetourt	33 min
Jul 31, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	53 min
Jul 31, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	35 min
Jul 31, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax, Pittsylvania	60 min
Jul 31, 7:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Halifax, Pittsylvania	4 hr
Jul 31, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	33 min
Jul 31, 1:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Watauga	26 min
Jul 31, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Ashe	28 min
Jul 31, 2:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes	55 min
Jul 31, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	36 min
Jul 31, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	25 min
Jul 31, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry, Wilkes	49 min
Jul 31, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	26 min
Jul 31, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	34 min
Jul 31, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe, Summers	59 min
Jul 31, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Mercer	24 min

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.