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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

August 19, 2019Buckingham County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2019, 10:11 PM EDT for Buckingham County, Virginia. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 19, 2019, 10:11 PM EDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2019, 10:45 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Buckingham County, VA

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 19, 8:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 8:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 3:21 PM EDT, 6 hours 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:26 PM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 8:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 19, 10:01 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 19, 10:03 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 10:11 PM EDT, 0 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
Aug 19, 8:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Charlotte	61 min
Aug 19, 10:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Buckingham	2 hr
Aug 20, 12:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Roanoke, City of Salem	42 min
Aug 20, 1:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery	33 min
Aug 20, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery, City of Radford	57 min
Aug 20, 2:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Floyd, Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford	41 min
Aug 20, 2:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin	54 min
Aug 20, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Floyd, Franklin, Roanoke	63 min
Aug 20, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	61 min
Aug 20, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Franklin	39 min
Aug 20, 2:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin	41 min
Aug 20, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Lynchburg	60 min
Aug 20, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge	56 min
Aug 20, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	49 min
Aug 20, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	46 min
Aug 20, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	54 min
Aug 20, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	33 min
Aug 20, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	66 min
Aug 20, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	64 min
Aug 20, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	64 min
Aug 20, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	51 min
Aug 20, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	36 min
Aug 20, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery, City of Radford	34 min
Aug 20, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania	47 min
Aug 20, 6:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Pittsylvania	77 min
Aug 20, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery	31 min
Aug 20, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	36 min
Aug 20, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	67 min
Aug 20, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	35 min
Aug 20, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	40 min
Aug 20, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	43 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2019 Every special weather statement 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.