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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Blacksburg, VA

August 17, 2019Henry County, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; Rockingham County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2019, 2:24 PM EDT for Henry County, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 23 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
Aug 17, 2019, 2:24 PM EDT (18:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2019, 2:47 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Rockingham County, NC, Henry County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 2:00 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRNKCarroll, Patrick94 min
Aug 17, 12:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKHenry60 min
Aug 17, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCharlotte39 min
Aug 17, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCity of Danville50 min
Aug 17, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCity of Martinsville41 min
Aug 17, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKHalifax41 min
Aug 17, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCity of Roanoke, City of Salem61 min
Aug 17, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKAppomattox32 min
Aug 17, 12:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKSurry62 min
Aug 17, 12:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKStokes65 min
Aug 17, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKRockingham49 min
Aug 17, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKStokes61 min
Aug 17, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKStokes45 min
Aug 17, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKStokes32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2019Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning 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.