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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

January 18, 2021Floyd County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jan 18, 2021, 4:58 AM EST for Floyd County, Virginia. It was in force for 32 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: Jan 18, 2021, 4:58 AM EST (09:58 UTC)
Expired: Jan 18, 2021, 5:30 AM EST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Floyd County, VA

The radar

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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 Jan 17, 6:51 PM EST, 10 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 6:51 PM EST, 10 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 17, 2:38 PM EST, 14 hours 20 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
Jan 18, 2:43 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Craig, Giles, Pulaski, Roanoke, Wythe	62 min
Jan 18, 3:33 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, Pulaski, Wythe, City of Galax, City of Radford	42 min
Jan 18, 4:13 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd, Franklin	47 min
Jan 18, 4:16 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, Wythe	44 min
Jan 18, 9:59 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	46 min
Jan 18, 11:44 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, Botetourt, City of Lynchburg	61 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2021 Every special weather statement in 2021

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.