Alert archive / Virginia / Special Weather Statements in 2021

Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

May 26, 2021Amherst County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2021, 7:47 PM EDT for Amherst County, Virginia. It was in force for 13 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: May 26, 2021, 7:47 PM EDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Amherst County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The text

As transmitted.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 8:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Patrick	44 min
May 25, 8:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Patrick	55 min
May 25, 9:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry	28 min
May 26, 1:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	27 min
May 26, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst	44 min
May 26, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	25 min
May 26, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	17 min
May 26, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	21 min
May 26, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	23 min
May 26, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox	32 min
May 26, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	30 min
May 26, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	27 min
May 26, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	21 min
May 26, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell	24 min
May 26, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	25 min
May 26, 7:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	26 min
May 26, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	33 min
May 26, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	27 min
May 26, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Watauga	31 min
May 26, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	32 min
May 25, 9:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	34 min
May 26, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	34 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.