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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

March 18, 2021Stokes County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Mar 18, 2021, 2:46 AM EDT for Stokes County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 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: Mar 18, 2021, 2:46 AM EDT (06:46 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2021, 3:15 AM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Stokes County, NC

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 Mar 17, 2:27 PM EDT, 12 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 2:27 PM EDT, 12 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 17, 4:28 AM EDT, 22 hours 18 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
Mar 18, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	43 min
Mar 18, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson, Wythe	29 min
Mar 18, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin, Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville	41 min
Mar 18, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Buena Vista, City of Lynchburg	50 min
Mar 18, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville	30 min
Mar 18, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	31 min
Mar 18, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	30 min
Mar 18, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Tazewell	27 min
Mar 18, 6:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	25 min
Mar 18, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	29 min
Mar 18, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Smyth, Tazewell	40 min
Mar 18, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Galax	23 min
Mar 18, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll	31 min
Mar 18, 7:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll	49 min
Mar 18, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Watauga	26 min
Mar 18, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	58 min
Mar 18, 5:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	23 min
Mar 18, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes	33 min
Mar 18, 6:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Caswell	22 min
Mar 18, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Ashe	31 min
Mar 18, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Mercer, Summers	65 min

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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.